Treignat

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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION		CLOSEST TOWNS
Town	Treignat	Leyrat at 4.3 km (4 min)
Insee code	03288	Saint-Sauvier at 4.6 km (5 min)
Postcode	03380	Soumans at 7.2 km (8 min)
Latitude	46.3494699	Lavaufranche at 7.6 km (9 min)
Longitude	2.3405030	Archignat at 8 km (8 min)
Altitude	From 374 to 556 meters	Boussac-Bourg at 8.9 km (9 min)
Surface	28.94 km²	Nouhant at 9.5 km (10 min)
Population	452 inhabitants	Lamaids at 9.8 km (10 min)
Density	16 inhabitants/km²	Saint-Pierre-le-Bost at 10 km (10 min)
Chief town	Moulins (at 104 km, 87 min)	Saint-Martinien at 11 km (11 min)
Department	Allier	Mesples at 11.1 km (12 min)
Region	Auvergne	Search another town

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SIGHTSEEING

Saint-Julien church and bell tower of Saint-Gervais: Treignat is the boundary between the langue d'oc and langue d'oil, from the diocese of Bourges and of Limoges from over time from one to the other. It has therefore been equipped with two churches built side by side. Over time, all that remains of the second tower. Outside, a crouching lion before the 11th century, listed building, certainly guard the entrance to the cemetery and to protect the dead from evil spirits. A chapel houses the recumbent figure in beige limestone probably drive from Burgundy, a knight in armor, the lord Anthoine The Groin. On the tomb, we read (difficult because they are written in Gothic letters and short) two epitaphs dedicated one to the Groin Anthoine death in 1505 and one in the fig then Jehan (injured in 1515 and died in Marignan Pavia).

Fountain in the square before the church stands the statue of St. Julien. Roman officer converted to Christianity in the 6th century, he was sentenced to death, caught in Brioude and beheaded by soldiers on August 28, took his head as proof of his death.

Herculat body of water: municipal property since 1988, its surface is 19 hectares in the middle of a site with 27. Its north shore is steep is forested while its southern bank is flat and sunny. It is equipped with a beach, games and camping. Downstream, is the small pond Herculat. These ponds were already on the maps of Cassini, geographer of Louis XV in 1760 and belonged to the Sieur of fig then Villebouche.

Laundry: Long, laundry is on a sloping stone or a simple wooden plank in the ponds, rivers or even fountains that are also used to supply household water. From the 19th century, the French authorities to realize that his laundry at any point of water is not healthy and vector contamination and a law of 1851 even vote a special appropriation to fund the construction of washing. The Water Supply Treignat is made in 1873 but the wash is constructed in 1920. Water is precious is subject to many challenges. It was powered by water from the fountain but the lines are no longer capable of today. Before its construction, the first "wash" is a kind of basin or pond located on the square at the location of existing stairs. Every village and hamlet must have at least one and its importance is measured in number of laundries. Many have unfortunately disappeared.

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