Clamecy, Nièvre
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| Commune of Clamecy | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 03° 31' 13" E |
| Latitude | 47° 27' 39" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne |
| Department | Nièvre (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Clamecy |
| Canton | Clamecy (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes des Vaux d'Yonne |
| Mayor | Bernard Bardin P.C.F. (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 142 m–281 m (avg. 160 m) |
| Land area¹ | 30.26 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,806 |
| - Density (1999) | 158/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 58079/ 58500 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Clamecy is a commune of the Nièvre département, in France.
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[edit] Geography
Clamecy is the capital of an arrondissement in the department of Nièvre, at the confluence of the Yonne and Beuvron and on the Canal du Nivernais, 46 m. N.N.E. of Nevers on the Paris-Lyon railway.
[edit] History
In the early middle ages Clamecy belonged to the abbey of St Julian at Auxerre; in the 11th century it passed to the counts of Nevers and of Auxerre, one of whom, Hervé, enfranchised the inhabitants in 1213. After the capture of Jerusalem by Saladin in 1188, Clamecy became the seat of the bishops of Bethlehem, who till the Revolution resided in the hospital of Panthenor, bequeathed by Count William IV of Nevers. On the coup d'état of 1851 an insurrection broke out in the town, and was repressed by the new authorities with great severity.
[edit] Sights
Its principal building is the church of St Martin, which dates chiefly from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. The tower and façade are of the 16th century. The chevet, which is surrounded by an aisle, is rectangular - a feature found in few French churches. Of the old castle of the counts of Nevers, vaulted cellars alone remain. A church in the suburb of Bethléem, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, now serves as part of an hotel.
[edit] Economy
According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1911):
- Among the industrial establishments are saw-mills, fulling-mills and flour-mills, tanneries and manufactories of boots and shoes and chemicals; and there is considerable trade in wine and cattle and in wood and charcoal, which is conveyed principally to Paris, by way of the Yonne.
[edit] Miscellaneous
The public institutions include the sub-prefecture, tribunals of first instance and of commerce and a communal college.
[edit] External links and references
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- France for Visitors:Clamecy
- Picture of the church of St. Martin
- Picture of the castle
