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Coat of arms of Commentry Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Montluçon |
| Canton | Commentry |
| Intercommunality | Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sylvain Bourdier[1] |
Area 1 | 20.96 km2 (8.09 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 03082 /03600 |
| Elevation | 332–462 m (1,089–1,516 ft) (avg. 385 m or 1,263 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Commentry (French pronunciation: [kɔmɑ̃tʁi]; Auvergnat: Comentriac; Marchois: Comentric) is a commune in the department of Allier in central France. It lies 42 miles (68 km) southwest of Moulins in the valley of the Œil. It is within 8 km of one of the geographic centres of France. The film actress Yvonne Rozille (1900–1985) was born in Commentry.
Population
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History
[edit | edit source]Commentry was home to Compagnie de Commentry-Fourchambault-Decazeville, thanks to an important coal deposit. The coal mine fueled a huge growth in population, from under 1,000 to more than 12,000, while Stéphane Mony was its CEO (1840–1884).[4] Commentry was the first commune ever to elect a socialist mayor: Christophe Thivrier was elected 6 June 1882.[5]
During the repression of January and February 1894, the police conducted raids targeting the anarchists living there, without much success.[6][7][8]
The Socialist Party of France was founded in Commentry in September 1902.
Economy
[edit | edit source]Commentry gave its name to a coal field over 21 square kilometres in extent, and historically had important foundries and forges.[9]
Science
[edit | edit source]Charles Brongniart discovered many fossils near Commentry, including Meganeura in the Stephanian stage coal measures in 1880.
Personalities
[edit | edit source]- Jean Bayet (1882–1969) Professor of Latin Language and Literature at the Sorbonne, whose grandfather Gilbert Bayet was mayor of Commentry 1871–1873.
- Henri Fayol (1841–1925) mining engineer, developed Fayolism, an approach to management and administration.
- Abel Gance (1889–1981) film director and producer, raised by maternal grandparents in Commentry until the age of eight.
- Jacques Hillairet (1886-1984) historian specializing in the history of Paris, officer of the Legion of Honour.
- Émile Mâle (1862–1954) art historian and member of the Académie française.
- Stéphane Mony (1800–1884) Engineer, director of the colliery at Commentry; mayor from 1854 to 1883; deputy from 1868 to 1871.
- Christophe Thivrier (1841–1895) first elected Socialist mayor in France.
- Roger Vergé (1930–2015) Celebrated chef and restaurateur.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Commentry, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ (in French) L'Administration industrielle et générale par Henri Fayol Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1931/files/2016/09/Fayol-1916.pdfArchived 2019-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in French) Election of the first socialist mayor Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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