Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme Département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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🇫🇷 Issoire is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.

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Geography Issoire is located on the river Couze, near its confluence with the Allier, 40 km (25 mi) SSE of Clermont-Ferrand on the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée railway to Nîmes. Issoire is situated in one of the fertile plains of the Petites Limagnes—basins that follow the Allier from its source in the Massif Central to the Grande Limagne north of Clermont-Ferrand and on to the Loire.

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History Issoire (Iciodurum) is said to have been founded by the Arverni, and in Roman times rose to some reputation for its schools. In the 5th century the Christian community established there by Stremonius in the same century was overthrown by the fury of the Vandals.

During the religious wars of the Reformation, Issoire suffered very severely. Merle, the leader of the Protestants, captured the town in 1574, and treated the inhabitants with great cruelty. The Roman Catholics retook it in 1577, and the ferocity of their retaliation may be inferred from the inscription "Ici fut Issoire" ("Here was Issoire") carved on a pillar which was raised on the site of the town. In the contest between the Leaguers and Henry IV, Issoire sustained further sieges, and never wholly regained its early prosperity.

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Economy Voxan motorcycles were manufactured at Issoire. Also, tourists often visit the village to see the church of Saint-Austremoine.

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Sights The church of Saint-Austremoine is built on the site of an older chapel raised over the tomb of St. Austremoine (Stremonius), and affords an excellent specimen of the Romanesque architecture of Auvergne. There is also a clock tower and the museum of the philosopher's stone.

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Issoire has a population of over 15,214 people. Issoire also forms the centre of the wider Issoire Arrondissement which has a population of over 77,561 people. It is also a part of the larger Puy-de-Dôme Department.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Issoire has links with:

🇩🇪 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany 🇮🇹 Veroli, Italy
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Antipodal to Issoire is: -176.75,-45.544

Locations Near: Issoire 3.24987,45.5437

🇫🇷 Clermont-Ferrand 3.077,45.777 d: 29.2  

🇫🇷 Riom 3.114,45.899 d: 40.9  

🇫🇷 Thiers 3.548,45.857 d: 41.9  

🇫🇷 Saint-Flour 3.094,45.034 d: 57.9  

🇫🇷 Vichy 3.434,46.13 d: 66.7  

🇫🇷 Le Puy-en-Velay 3.884,45.051 d: 73.9  

🇫🇷 Montbrison 4.065,45.609 d: 63.8  

🇫🇷 Roanne 4.072,46.039 d: 84.2  

🇫🇷 Aurillac 2.441,44.926 d: 93.4  

🇫🇷 Moulins 3.333,46.565 d: 113.8  

Antipodal to: Issoire -176.75,-45.544

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🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12366.2  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12355  

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