Autry-Issards


Autry-Issards is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Issardiens or Issardiennes.

Geography

Autry-Issards is located some west of Moulins and north-west of Souvigny. Access to the commune is by the D134 from Bourbon-l'Archambault in the north-west to the village and also the D104 goes to Souvigny in the south-east. The D58 comes from Saint-Menoux in the north-east and passes through the village before continuing south-east to join the D11 east of Gipcy. The D293 comes from Saint-Menoux in the north-east and passes through the north of the commune before turning south to join the D58 west of the commune. The D73 passes through the commune in the south going from Gipcy to Souvigny. Apart from the village itself, there are the hamlets of:
  • Ardennes
  • Les Barons
  • La Basse Troliere
  • Beau Merle
  • Beau Soleil
  • Bordiere
  • Boucheron
  • Les Burches
  • Champ Juvenier
  • Les Chaumes
  • Charbonneau
  • Chateau d'Issards
  • Chateau du Plessis
  • Les Chenardeieres
  • Coulette
  • La Croix de Fromenteau
  • Les Etanieres
  • La Foultiere
  • Fromenteau
  • Les Genivres
  • Le Grand Bigut
  • La Grand Mouillere
  • Jaliere
  • Le Livrot
  • La Loge
  • Le Mai
  • Malleret
  • Le Moulin de la Pirouette
  • Les Noisettes
  • L'Ouche
  • Les Pechoirs
  • La Peliere
  • Les Perolles
  • Le Petit Bigut
  • Le Petit Mai
  • Les Planches
  • Provencheres
  • Rancy
  • Les Renauds
  • Rimasoir
  • La Rouche Coupee
  • Saint-Priest
  • La Troliere
  • La Tuilerie de Malleret
  • Les Ulferts
  • Vilban
  • Villard
  • Virjolais
The commune is mostly farmland with a few scattered patches of forest.
The Ourts river rises in the south of the commune and flows north-east to join the Burge south-east of Couzon. The Rose rises in the south-west of the commune and flows north-east to join the Ours.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors
FromToName
20012014Jean-Pierre Laloue
20142020Bernard Debeauvais
2020CurrentFrançois Regnault

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 325 inhabitants.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
  • The Chateau du Plessis. The Chateau has one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • *A half-plane relief: pregnant woman
  • The Chateau d'Issards. The chateau has an old part dating from the end of the 15th century and a part built between 1862 and 1870 by the architect Jean Moreau for Count Louis Gabriel Carré d'Aligny.
  • The Rouche Coupée Farm
  • A Farmhouse
  • The Champ Bouca Farm
  • The Amorins Farm
  • A House at La Loge
  • The Ecalits Farm
  • The Jalière Farm
  • The Vilban Mill
  • Houses and Farms
  • The Plessis Farm
  • The Croix Fromenteau Farm
  • The Benêts Farm
  • The Villard Farm
  • The Chateau de La Trolière. The Chateau contains one item that is registered as an historical object:
  • *A Roof Ornament depicting a pigeon
  • Boucheron Manor
  • Petit Bigut Manor
  • '''Ardennes Manor'''

Religious heritage

The commune has many religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
  • The old Benedictine Priory of Saint-Maurice. The Priory contains three items that are registered as historical objects:
  • *A Sculpture: Bust of Saint-Auréolé
  • *3 decorative plaques: Adam and Eve seated
  • *2 Statues: Virgin and Child and Saint-Cyriaque
  • The Church of the Trinity The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Romanesque church which dates from the early 12th century which has a magnificent portal and a carved tympanum and bell tower. It is typical of the Middle Ages with decorative influences from Cluny Abbey combined. The decor of the portal is strongly reminiscent of some decorative elements of the Abbey at Chezal-Benoît which was built in the first half of the 12th century. The steeple topped by its stone spire is one of the highest in the department. The Tympanum has two angels holding a Mandorla which surrounds Christ in glory which is also found in the nearby church of Meillers. This is a very rare instance of the artist signing his work: "Natalis me fecit". They are surrounded by arched ways with hanging lamps.
The church contains many items that are registered as historical monuments:
  • A Bronze Bell
  • A Bronze Bell
  • A Plaque commemorating the foundation of Masses by Jacques de Dreuille and Elisabeth Deculant, his wife
  • A Painting: Deposition of the Cross
  • Group of 4 Capitals and bases
  • A Statue: Christ in Majesty
  • Group of 4 Capitals
  • Group of 3 Capitals
  • Group of 6 Capitals
  • A Lintel: Christ Pantocrator or in Majesty
  • A Painting: Lamentation on the dead Christ
  • A Retable built into a niche
  • A Processional Cross
  • A Statue: Saint Roche
  • A Statue: presumed to be Saint Abdon
  • A Statue: Virgin and Child
  • A Statue: Virgin and Child
  • A Stained glass window roundel of Mgr. de Dreux-Brézé
  • 4 decorative and 2 historical Stained glass windows
  • 2 historical Stained glass windows
  • 3 Stained glass windows of people
  • A Bronze Bell
  • A Bronze Bell
  • The Furniture in the Church of the Trinity
  • 7 Capitals, 5 bases, and a cornice
;Gallery of Pictures of the Church of the Trinity

Notable people linked to the commune