Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier

Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier
Commune
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	Coordinates: 46°47′30″N 3°07′08″E / 46.7917°N 3.1189°ECoordinates: 46°47′30″N 3°07′08″E / 46.7917°N 3.1189°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Nièvre
Arrondissement	Nevers
Canton	Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier
Intercommunality	Nivernais Bourbonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Billard
Area 1	47.67 km2 (18.41 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,918
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	58264 /58240
Elevation	188–264 m (617–866 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ lə mutje]) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. It was besieged during the Hundred Years' War.

Located between the Loire and Allier, the town has a rich and powerful history, but is a little forgotten today because of its "relative" road isolation and lack of tourist infrastructure. Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier is close to Magny-Cours and its racing circuit which hosted the Grand Prix de France Formula 1 from 1991 to 2008.

History[]

On November 4, 1422 the bailiwick of Saint-Pierre rendered a sentence, compelling the inhabitants of the land of Poussery at the end of Montaron to ensure the lookout and guard at the castle Poussery, as requested by the lord of the place: Gaucher Courvol. This bailiwick rendered to the son of the latter, Philibert de Courvol, another sentence on the 25th of March, 1451, authorizing him to pass the Ruaux stream in his meadow of Chaulgy.^[2]

The city is stormed, then released by Joan of Arc on November 4, 1429.^[3]

It was chief town of district from 1790 to 1795.

During the revolutionary period of the National Convention (1792-1795), the municipality provisionally bore the names of Brutus-la-Vallée, Brutus-le-Magnanime and Brutus-le-Moutier.^[4]

Population[]

In 2017, the municipality had 1,956 inhabitants a decrease of 1.6% from 2007.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,227	—
1975	2,250	+0.15%
1982	2,261	+0.07%
1990	2,091	−0.97%
1999	2,029	−0.33%
2007	1,988	−0.25%
2012	2,030	+0.42%
2017	1,956	−0.74%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References[]

INSEE commune file

^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ Abbé Jacques-François Baudiau, Le Morvand, vol. 3, vol.1, (Nevers, Guénégaud, 1965), 3éd.. p572.
^ Nicolas Martin, La France fortifiée : Châteaux, villes et places fortes, (Paris, Nathan, 1990) (ISBN 2-09-284371-0). p146.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui, « Notice communale - Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier, sur EHESS, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (consulté le 5 août 2012).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE