Autry-Issards

Autry-Issards
Autry-Issards decorated bicycle
Autry-Issards
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Autry-Issards
Coordinates: 46°32′58″N 3°08′11″E / 46.5494°N 3.1364°E / 46.5494; 3.1364Coordinates: 46°32′58″N 3°08′11″E / 46.5494°N 3.1364°E / 46.5494; 3.1364
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Souvigny
Intercommunality	Bocage Bourbonnais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Debeauvais
Area1	19.45 km2 (7.51 sq mi)
Population (2013)2	345
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	03012 / 03210
Elevation	227–335 m (745–1,099 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Autry-Issards is a French commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Issardiens or Issardiennes.^[1]

Geography

Autry-Issards is located some 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) west of Moulins and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-west of Souvigny. Access to the commune is by the D134 from Bourbon-l'Archambault in the north-west to the village and also the D104 goes to Souvigny in the south-east. The D58 comes from Saint-Menoux in the north-east and passes through the village before continuing south-east to join the D11 east of Gipcy. The D293 comes from Saint-Menoux in the north-east and passes through the north of the commune before turning south to join the D58 west of the commune. The D73 passes through the commune in the south going from Gipcy to Souvigny. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of:

The commune is mostly farmland with a few scattered patches of forest.^[2]

The Ourts river rises in the south of the commune and flows north-east to join the Burge south-east of Couzon. The Rose rises in the south-west of the commune and flows north-east to join the Ours.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

	Bourbon-l'Archambault		Saint-Menoux
	Saint-Aubin-le-Monial		Coulandon
		Autry-Issards
	Gipcy	Meillers	Souvigny

Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2013 the commune had 345 inhabitants.^[4] The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Chateau du Plessis (1497).^[5][6] The Chateau has one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • A half-plane relief: pregnant woman (Middle Ages)^[7]
• The Chateau d'Issards (15th century).^[8][9] The chateau has an old part (the tower and attached main staircase) dating from the end of the 15th century and a part built between 1862 and 1870 by the architect Jean Moreau (1828-1899) for Count Louis Gabriel Carré d'Aligny.
• The Rouche Coupée Farm (19th century)^[10]
• A Farmhouse (19th century)^[11]
• The Champ Bouca Farm (18th century)^[12]
• The Amorins Farm (17th century)^[13]
• A House at La Loge (19th century)^[14]
• The Ecalits Farm (15th century)^[15]
• The Jalière Farm (1780)^[16]
• The Vilban Mill (18th century)^[17]
• Houses and Farms (15th - 19th centuries)^[18]
• The Plessis Farm (1497)^[19]
• The Croix Fromenteau Farm (19th century)^[20]
• The Benêts Farm (19th century)^[21]
• The Villard Farm (18th century)^[22]
• The Chateau de La Trolière (15th century).^[23] The Chateau contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • A Roof Ornament depicting a pigeon (18th century)^[24]
• Boucheron Manor (15th century)^[25]
• Petit Bigut Manor (15th century)^[26]
• Ardennes Manor (1623)^[27]

Religious heritage

The old Benedictine Priory

The commune has many religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The old Benedictine Priory of Saint-Maurice(13th century).^[28][29] The Priory contains three items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Sculpture: Bust of Saint-Auréolé (11th century)^[30]
  • 3 decorative plaques: Adam and Eve seated (11th century)^[31]
  • 2 Statues: Virgin and Child and Saint-Cyriaque (disappeared) (12th century)^[32]

The Church of the Trinity

• The Church of the Trinity (11th century)^[33][34] The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Romanesque church which dates from the early 12th century which has a magnificent portal and a carved tympanum and bell tower. It is typical of the Middle Ages (a long, low building with repeated use of the tapering lintel) with decorative influences from Cluny Abbey (especially fluted pilasters) combined. The decor of the portal (fluted pilasters and tangled foliage) is strongly reminiscent of some decorative elements of the Abbey at Chezal-Benoît (Cher) which was built in the first half of the 12th century. The steeple topped by its stone spire is one of the highest in the department. The Tympanum has two angels holding a Mandorla which surrounds Christ in glory which is also found in the nearby church of Meillers. This is a very rare instance of the artist signing his work: "Natalis me fecit". They are surrounded by arched ways with hanging lamps.

The church contains many items that are registered as historical monuments:

Gallery of Pictures of the Church of the Trinity

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  The Tympanum over the entrance

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  A detail of the Tympanum showing St. Michel holding the Mandorla

• 

  Detail of a Capital

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  Painting: Deposition of the Cross

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  The old path for the Priest

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  The Nave

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  Detail on a Capital

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  Entrance to the church

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  The Vault above the nave

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  The Chevet of the church

Notable people linked to the commune

• Pierre Lacorne, notary, born in 1940 at Autry-Issards and President of ASF France Aviation Sans Frontières.
• Christian Chalmin, publisher, born in 1947 at Autry-Issards and Mayor of the commune from 1989 to 1995.
• Sanne Spangenberg, French/Dutch born at Moulins in 1993, elected Miss Auvergne 2012 at 19 years old. She participated in Miss France 2013 on 8 December 2012 in live coverage on TF1 TV station.

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

External links

• Autry-Issards on the old IGN website (French)
• Souvigny Town: Autry-Issards (French)
• Autry-Issards on Lion1906
• Autry-Issards on Google Maps
• Autry-Issards on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Autrye-Jssard on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Autry-Issards on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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Communes of the Allier department
Abrest Agonges Ainay-le-Château Andelaroche Archignat Arfeuilles Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest Arronnes Aubigny Audes Aurouër Autry-Issards Avermes Avrilly Bagneux Barberier Barrais-Bussolles Bayet Beaulon Beaune-d'Allier Bègues Bellenaves Bellerive-sur-Allier Bert Bessay-sur-Allier Besson Bézenet Billezois Billy Biozat Bizeneuille Blomard Bost Boucé Le Bouchaud Bourbon-l'Archambault Braize Bransat Bresnay Bressolles Le Brethon Le Breuil Broût-Vernet Brugheas Busset Buxières-les-Mines La Celle Cérilly Cesset La Chabanne Chambérat Chamblet Chantelle Chapeau La Chapelaude La Chapelle La Chapelle-aux-Chasses Chappes Chareil-Cintrat Charmeil Charmes Charroux Chassenard Château-sur-Allier Châtel-de-Neuvre Châtel-Montagne Châtelperron Châtelus Châtillon Chavenon Chavroches Chazemais Chemilly Chevagnes Chezelle Chézy Chirat-l'Église Chouvigny Cindré Cognat-Lyonne Colombier Commentry Contigny Cosne-d'Allier Coulandon Coulanges Couleuvre Courçais Coutansouze Couzon Créchy Cressanges Creuzier-le-Neuf Creuzier-le-Vieux Cusset Deneuille-lès-Chantelle Deneuille-les-Mines Désertines Deux-Chaises Diou Domérat Dompierre-sur-Besbre Le Donjon Doyet Droiturier Durdat-Larequille Ébreuil Échassières Escurolles Espinasse-Vozelle Estivareilles Étroussat Ferrières-sur-Sichon La Ferté-Hauterive Fleuriel Fourilles Franchesse Gannat Gannay-sur-Loire Garnat-sur-Engièvre Gennetines Gipcy Gouise La Guillermie Haut-Bocage Hauterive Hérisson Huriel Hyds Isle-et-Bardais Isserpent Jaligny-sur-Besbre Jenzat Laféline Lalizolle Lamaids Langy Lapalisse Laprugne Lavault-Sainte-Anne Lavoine Lenax Lételon Liernolles Lignerolles Limoise Loddes Loriges Louchy-Montfand Louroux-Bourbonnais Louroux-de-Beaune Louroux-de-Bouble Luneau Lurcy-Lévis Lusigny Magnet Malicorne Marcenat Marcillat-en-Combraille Marigny Mariol Le Mayet-d'École Le Mayet-de-Montagne Mazerier Mazirat Meaulne Meillard Meillers Mercy Mesples Molinet Molles Monestier Monétay-sur-Allier Monétay-sur-Loire Montaiguët-en-Forez Montaigu-le-Blin Montbeugny Montcombroux-les-Mines Monteignet-sur-l'Andelot Le Montet Montilly Montluçon Montmarault Montoldre Montord Montvicq Moulins Murat Nades Nassigny Naves Néris-les-Bains Neuilly-en-Donjon Neuilly-le-Réal Neure Neuvy Nizerolles Noyant-d'Allier Paray-le-Frésil Paray-sous-Briailles Périgny La Petite-Marche Pierrefitte-sur-Loire Le Pin Poëzat Pouzy-Mésangy Prémilhat Quinssaines Reugny Rocles Rongères Ronnet Saint-Angel Saint-Aubin-le-Monial Saint-Bonnet-de-Four Saint-Bonnet-de-Rochefort Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais Saint-Caprais Saint-Christophe Saint-Clément Saint-Désiré Saint-Didier-en-Donjon Saint-Didier-la-Forêt Saint-Éloy-d'Allier Saint-Ennemond Sainte-Thérence Saint-Étienne-de-Vicq Saint-Fargeol Saint-Félix Saint-Genest Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux Saint-Gérand-le-Puy Saint-Germain-de-Salles Saint-Germain-des-Fossés Saint-Hilaire Saint-Léger-sur-Vouzance Saint-Léon Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy Saint-Loup Saint-Marcel-en-Marcillat Saint-Marcel-en-Murat Saint-Martin-des-Lais Saint-Martinien Saint-Menoux Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs Saint-Palais Saint-Pierre-Laval Saint-Plaisir Saint-Pont Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule Saint-Priest-d'Andelot Saint-Priest-en-Murat Saint-Prix Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat Saint-Sauvier Saint-Sornin Saint-Victor Saint-Voir Saint-Yorre Saligny-sur-Roudon Sanssat Saulcet Saulzet Sauvagny Sazeret Serbannes Servilly Seuillet Sorbier Souvigny Sussat Target Taxat-Senat Teillet-Argenty Terjat Le Theil Theneuille Thiel-sur-Acolin Thionne Tortezais Toulon-sur-Allier Treban Treignat Treteau Trévol Trézelles Tronget Urçay Ussel-d'Allier Valignat Valigny Vallon-en-Sully Varennes-sur-Allier Varennes-sur-Tèche Vaumas Vaux Veauce Venas Vendat Verneix Le Vernet Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais Vernusse Le Veurdre Vichy Vicq Vieure Le Vilhain Villebret Villefranche-d'Allier Villeneuve-sur-Allier Viplaix Vitray Voussac Ygrande Yzeure