Moulins, Allier

Moulins
Moulins
Prefecture and commune
	Views of Moulins
	Coat of arms
	Moulins Moulins
	Coordinates: 46°33′55″N 3°20′00″E / 46.5653°N 3.3333°ECoordinates: 46°33′55″N 3°20′00″E / 46.5653°N 3.3333°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Moulins-1 ; Moulins-2
Intercommunality	Moulins Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre-André Périssol (LR)
Area 1	8.61 km2 (3.32 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03190 /03000
Elevation	202–240 m (663–787 ft) ; (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
Website	ville-moulins.fr
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Moulins (French: [mu.lɛ̃]; Occitan: Molins) is a commune in central France, capital of the Allier department. It is located on the river Allier.

Among its many tourist attractions are the Maison Mantin, the Anne de Beaujeu Museum and The National Center of Costume and Scenography.

Geography

Moulins is located on the banks of the river Allier.

History

Before the French Revolution, Moulins was the capital of the province of Bourbonnais and the seat of the Dukes of Bourbon. It appears in documented records at least as far back as the year 990. In 1232, Archambaud VIII, Sire de Bourbon granted a franchise to the village's inhabitants.

The town achieved greater prominence in 1327, when Charles IV elevated Louis I de Clermont to Duke of Bourbon. Either Louis or the later Peter II, Duke of Bourbon and of Auvergne moved the capital of the province from Bourbon-l'Archambault to Moulins.

Note: This article in French suggests Pierre II moved the capital, while the local tourism website (also in French) suggests it was Louis I.

In February 1566 it became eponymous to the Edict of Moulins, an important royal ordinance dealing with many aspects of the administration of justice and feudal and ecclesiastical privilege, including limitations on the appanages held by French princes, abrogation of the levy of rights of tallage claimed by seigneurs over their dependants, and provisions for a system of concessions on rivers.

This was the birthplace of the great 19th-century operatic baritone and art collector Jean-Baptiste Faure. In the 20th century, Coco Chanel went to school in Moulins as an orphan, before moving to Paris, where she became a fashion designer and major innovator in women's clothing.

International relations

Moulins is twinned with:

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	13,249	—
1800	13,509	+0.28%
1806	14,101	+0.72%
1821	13,697	−0.19%
1831	14,672	+0.69%
1836	15,231	+0.75%
1841	15,377	+0.19%
1846	17,110	+2.16%
1851	17,318	+0.24%
1856	18,069	+0.85%
1861	17,581	−0.55%
1866	19,890	+2.50%
1872	20,385	+0.41%
1876	21,774	+1.66%
1881	21,156	−0.57%
1886	21,721	+0.53%
1891	22,665	+0.85%
1896	22,215	−0.40%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	22,340	+0.11%
1906	21,888	−0.41%
1911	21,990	+0.09%
1921	22,968	+0.44%
1926	23,306	+0.29%
1931	22,225	−0.95%
1936	22,369	+0.13%
1946	23,254	+0.39%
1954	24,441	+0.62%
1962	23,909	−0.27%
1968	25,979	+1.39%
1975	26,067	+0.05%
1982	25,159	−0.51%
1990	22,799	−1.22%
1999	21,892	−0.45%
2007	20,251	−0.97%
2012	18,959	−1.31%
2017	19,664	+0.73%

Source: EHESS^[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[3]

Transport

Moulins-sur-Allier station, in the centre of the town, has direct trains to Paris (Gare de Bercy), which take about 2 hours 25 minutes.

Montbeugny Airport is a small airport located near Moulins.

Museums

Centre National du Costume de Scene (museum)

Notable people

Antoine Gilbert Griffet de Labaume (1756–1805), translator and man of letters
Théodore de Banville (1823–1891), poet and playwright
Jean Pastelot (1820–1870), painter and caricaturist
Coco Chanel, fashion designer, started as a cabaret singer
Philippe N'Dioro, footballer
Jean-Luc Perrot (born 1959), pipe organ player and composer
Stéphane Risacher, basketball player for the French national team
Jean-Baptiste Faure, opera singer
Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653–1734), Marshal General of France
Gilbert Mercier (1957), author of "The Orwellian Empire" and journalist^{[citation needed]}
Louis Jacques Brunet (1811), ancient professor of natural history^{[citation needed]}
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (1670–1734)
Rahel Shtainshnaider,footballer

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Moulins, EHESS. (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[ehess-2] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Moulins, EHESS. (in French)

[pophist-3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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