Albepierre-Bredons Explained

Albepierre-Bredons
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Albepierre-Bredons 15.svg
Arrondissement:	Saint-Flour
Canton:	Murat
Insee:	15025
Postal Code:	15300
Mayor:	Xavier Fournal^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Hautes Terres Communauté
Coordinates:	45.0781°N 2.8328°W
Elevation M:	1050
Elevation Min M:	872
Elevation Max M:	1855
Area Km2:	34.42

Albepierre-Bredons (in French pronounced as /albəpjɛʁ bʁədɔ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: Alapèira e Bredòm) is a commune in the département of Cantal and Auvergne region of south-central France.^[2]

Geography

Albepierre-Bredons is some 100 km south by south-west of Clermont-Ferrand and about 20 km north-west of Saint-Flour. It can be accessed by district road D39 coming south-west from Murat and continuing south-west by a circuitous route to Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux. District road D239 also starts from the town and heads north-east to join the D16 road north of Laveissenet.^[3]

History

The commune of Bredons was established in the 1790s by the merger of the former communes of Bredon and Albepierre. In 1836 part of its territory was detached to form the new commune Laveissière. The commune of Bredons was renamed Albepierre-Bredons in 1955.^[2]

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Albepierre-Bredons^[4]

From	To	Name
2001	2014	Yvon Alain
2014	2020	Alain Vantalon
2020	2026	Xavier Fournal

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arapiroux in French.^[5]

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

• A Fountain at Bredons (Middle Ages)^[6]
• Château de Beccoire, a royal castle built by Saint Louis, now ruined. It served as a travelling headquarters of the Bailiwick of the Mountains.

Religious heritage

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

• A Calvary in the public square in Bredons (15th century)^[7]
• The Chapel of Bredons contains 6 Candlesticks (17th century) which are registered as historical objects.^[8]
• The Priory contains a Statue: Saint John (16th century) which is registered as an historical object.^[9]
• The Church of Albepierre contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Retable in the main Altar (18th century)^[10]
  • A Louis XV style Thurible (18th century)^[11]
  • A Reliquary Statue: Saint Timothy (17th century)^[12]
  • A Reliquary Statue: Saint Blaise (1699)^[13]
  • A Ciborium (18th century)^[14]
  • A Sunburst Monstrance (1890)^[15]
  • A Ciborium (18th century)^[16]
• The Church of Saint Pierre of Bredons (11th century)^[17] The Church of Saint Pierre contains a very large number of items that are registered as historical objects,^[17] including a Group Sculpture: Virgin in majesty (13th century)^[18]

Notable people linked to the commune

• André-François Voulon, poet, storyteller, essayist, born in 1946 in Murat
• Alfred Jacomis, skier, champion of France in 1939, who also participated in the Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany in 1936 and the World Championships in Chamonix in 1937
• Eugene Martens, historian of the Second World War
• Jean-Louis Philippart, physicist.
• Jean Ajalbert, writer, member of the Académie Goncourt. Born in 1863 in Levallois-Perret, died in 1947 in Cahors, buried at Bredons

See also

• Communes of the Cantal department

External links

• Albepierre-Bredons on the old National Geographic Institute website
• Albepierre and Bredoni on the 1750 Cassini Map

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM15025-albepierre-bredons Commune d'Albepierre-Bredons (15025)
3. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Albepierre-Bredons,+France/@45.0776765,2.8267939,12872m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47f7dc557a04ded5:0x44b9ade497e5f09f?hl=en Google Maps
4. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=9658 List of Mayors of France
5. https://www.habitants.fr/cantal-15 Le nom des habitants du 15 - Cantal
6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
8. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
9. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
10. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
11. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
12. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
13. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
14. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
16. Ministry of Culture, Palissy
17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy