Arpajon-sur-Cère

Arpajon-sur-Cère
Commune
Gardens at the Chateau of Carbonat
Coat of arms
Location of Arpajon-sur-Cère
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Coordinates: 44°54′17″N 2°27′27″E / 44.9047°N 2.4575°E / 44.9047; 2.4575
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Aurillac
Canton	Arpajon-sur-Cère
Intercommunality	CA Bassin Aurillac
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Isabelle Lantuejoul[1]
Area 1	47.67 km2 (18.41 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,315
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	15012 /15130
Elevation	566–844 m (1,857–2,769 ft) (avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arpajon-sur-Cère (French pronunciation: [aʁpaʒɔ̃ syʁ sɛʁ], literally Arpajon on Cère; Occitan: Arpajon de Cera or just Arpajon) is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region of south-central France.

Geography

Arpajon-sur-Cère is located immediately to the south of Aurillac some 70 km south-east of Brive-la-Gaillarde. The town is an extension of the urban area of Aurillac. Access to the commune is by the D920 from Aurillac which continues south to Lafeuillade-en-Vézie. The D990 also goes from south of the town to Vézac in the east. The D58 comes from Giou-de-Mamou in the north-east then goes south-west from the town to the Château de Conros and joins the D617 at the south-western border of the commune. Much of the runway of Aurillac – Tronquières Airport is in the commune. A railway passes through the north of the commune but the nearest station is in Aurillac. Apart from the town there are the villages and hamlets of:

Outside the residential areas there are extensive forests in the south and south-west with the rest of the commune farmland.^[3]

The Jordanne river flows from Aurillac to join the Cère just south-west of the town with the Cère continuing west to eventually join the Dordogne at Girac.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Toponymy

The name Arpjon originates from the Gallic word Arpaionem which is composed of the word arepo meaning "plough". It was attested in 923 in the form: vicaria arpajonensis.^[4] In Carladézien dialect, Arpajon is pronounced Olpotsou, according to a recording there in 2007.

History

The Dejou Féniès & son and Lartigue companies were established in the commune in the 20th century manufacturing wood especially Jouets Dejou (Dejou Toys) which are highly sought after by Doll collectors.

Heraldry

Blazon: Azure, a bend of Or, between 6 escallops set in orle.

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors^[5]

Twinning

Arpajon-sur-Cère has twinning associations with:^[6]

• Blyth (United Kingdom) since 1990.
• Bougouni (Mali).

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arpajonnais or Arpajonnaises in French.^[7]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,836 —     1800 1,728 −0.86% 1806 2,064 +3.01% 1821 2,043 −0.07% 1831 2,234 +0.90% 1836 2,292 +0.51% 1841 2,331 +0.34% 1846 2,350 +0.16% 1851 2,271 −0.68% 1856 2,272 +0.01% 1861 2,278 +0.05% 1866 2,225 −0.47% 1872 2,106 −0.91% 1876 2,228 +1.42% 1881 2,268 +0.36% 1886 2,242 −0.23% 1891 2,268 +0.23% 1896 2,354 +0.75%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,457 +0.86% 1906 2,450 −0.06% 1911 2,579 +1.03% 1921 2,332 −1.00% 1926 2,412 +0.68% 1931 2,467 +0.45% 1936 2,576 +0.87% 1946 2,824 +0.92% 1954 2,891 +0.29% 1962 3,071 +0.76% 1968 3,277 +1.09% 1975 4,260 +3.82% 1982 4,866 +1.92% 1990 5,296 +1.06% 1999 5,545 +0.51% 2007 5,924 +0.83% 2012 6,192 +0.89% 2017 6,217 +0.08%
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Source: EHESS[8] and INSEE[9]

Sites and Monuments

The commune has several sites and buildings that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Birthplace of Général Milhaud at 1 Avenue du Général-Milhaud (1753)^[10]
• The old Pont-de-Mamou Mill on Rue Jean-Jaurès (1772)^[11]
• The Château de Conros (15th century)^[12]
• The Château de Conros Park^[13]
• The Château de Carbonat Park^[14]
• The Château de Limagne Garden^[15]

Other sites of interest

• Barrière hamlet where Louis Laparra de Fieux was born.
• The Cabrières bridge, a hamlet and a bridge which once had a toll.
• The Chateau de Ganhac currently a mansion house, a former fief awarded in 1676 to Charles de Broquin who was married to Jeanne de Cambefort.
• The Château de Montal, a former fief whose family was originally the Lords of Laroquebrou and Conros, with a castrale chapel under the invocation of Saint Michael. It then became the property of the La Roque-Montal family.
• The Chateau de La Prade, purchased in 1756 by Marie-Françoise de Broglie, the widow of Charles Robert de Lignerac who did considerable work on the building. Ruined in the French Revolution.
• The Arboretum d'Arpajon-sur-Cère
• The Parish Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • 2 Bronze Bells (1781)^[16]
  • A Painting: The Placing in the Tomb (16th century)^[17]
  • A framed Painting: The Baptism of Christ (17th century)^[18]
  • A Sarcophagus (Middle Ages)^[19]

The Chateau de Carbonat Picture Gallery

• 
  The Chateau front
• 
  The Gardens
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  The Gardens
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  An old postcard of the chateau
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  An old postcard of the chateau
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  The chateau in ruins
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  The fireplace in the chateau
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  A detail on the fireplace
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  A filled-in embrasure in the chateau
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  Arms of Carbonat
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  A door in the chateau

Notable people linked to the commune

• Jacques de Milly, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
• Louis Laparra de Fieux (Arpajon 1651-1706), engineer of fortifications and strategist.
• Édouard Jean Baptiste Milhaud (Arpajon 1766 - Aurillac 1833), member of the National Convention, General, Count of the Empire.
• Eugene d'Humières, man of letters, translator of Kipling.
• Louis Dauzier, politician and mayor of Aurillac under the French Third Republic.
• Antoine Dusserre (Carbonnat 1865-1925), novelist.
• Léo Pons, filmmaker.

See also

• Communes of the Cantal department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arpajon-sur-Cère.

• Discovery of an early Christian sarcophagus and medieval sepulchres in sarcophagi at Arpajon-sur-Cère (in French)
• Arpajon-sur-Cère on the National Geographic Institute website (in French)
• Arpajon on the 1750 Cassini Map