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Aurillac is a town and commune in the Auvergne région of France, préfecture (capital) of the Cantal département, at 44° 55′ 44″ N 2° 26′ 38″ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=44_55_44_N_2_26_38_E_). Population (1999) 30,551. The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...
This article is about the French administrative région of Auvergne. ...
France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common...
In France, a préfecture is the capital city of a département. ...
Cantal is a département in south-central France. ...
The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ...
The inhabitants of Aurillac are called the Aurillacois, and are also Cantaliens.
Aurillac is often thought to be one of the coldest cities in France, however this is untrue, as it's simply the city at the highest altitude shown on the TV weathercasts.
Economy
The historical capital of the umbrella, Aurillac makes more than half the umbrellas produced in France. This amounts to 250,000 units in 1999, which equates to 100 jobs.
This industry has suffered several decades of decline at the end of the 20th century. To strengthen their position the Aurillac umbrella factories regrouped in 1997 as an Economic Interest Group, or GIE, and launched under a single label, L'aurillac Parapluie (http://www.laurillac.fr).
Miscellaneous Aurillac was the birthplace of: Some of the better known churches of Aurillac are: Gerbert of Aurillac, later known as pope Silvester II, (or Sylvester II), (ca. ...
Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756 - November 16, 1794) was a French Revolutionary. ...
Categories: Stub | 1857 births | 1932 deaths | Presidents of France ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...
The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ...
Marie Marvingt (February 20, 1875 – December 14, 1963) was a world-class athlete who won numerous awards in swimming, fencing, shooting, ski jumping, ice skating, and bobsledding. ...
1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
An athlete is a person possessing above average physical skills (strength, agility, and endurance) and thus seen suitable for physical activities, in particular, contests. ...
Swimming is the method by which humans (or other animals) move themselves through water. ...
Russian Ivan Tourchine and American Weston Kelsey fence in the second round of the Olympic Mens Individual Epee event at the Helliniko Fencing Hall on Aug. ...
Shooting is the act of causing a gun to fire at a target. ...
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which skiers go down a hill with a take-off ramp (the jump), attempting to go as far as possible. ...
Outdoor ice skating in Austria Ice skating is travelling on ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special boots (or, more primitively, without boots, tied to regular footwear). ...
Bobsleigh is a winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered, steerable sled. ...
- Église Saint Géraud
- Église Notre Dame aux Neiges
- Église Sacré Cœur
- Église Saint-Joseph Ouvrier
Aurillac is traversed by the Jordanne River. |
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