Timeline of Clermont-Ferrand

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Clermont-Ferrand, France.

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Prior to 19th century

• 3rd century - Roman Catholic diocese of Clermont active.^[1]
• 5th century - Abbey of Saint Allyre construction begins.
• 535 - Religious council held in Clermont.^[2]
• 549 - Religious council held in Clermont.^[2]
• 587 - Religious council held in Clermont.^[2][3]
• 1095 - Religious council held in Clermont; pope gives speech that starts the First Crusade.^[2]
• 12th century - Basilica of Notre-Dame du Port rebuilt (approximate date).^[2]
• 1130 - Religious council held in Clermont.^[2]
• 13th century - Construction of gothic-style Clermont Cathedral begins.^[2]
• 1273 - Chapelle des Cordeliers (Clermont-Ferrand) construction begins.
• 15th century - Château de Rabanesse construction begins.^[4]
• 1515 - Fontaine d'Amboise (fountain) erected.^[2]
• 1623 - 19 June: Birth of Blaise Pascal.
• 1665 - Grands jours d'Auvergne begin.^[2]
• 1675 - Collège des Jésuites de Clermont-Ferrand building construction begins.^[4]
• 1731 - Towns of Clermont and Montferrand merge to become "Clermont Montferrand."^[2]
• 1747 - Clermont-Ferrand Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts founded.^[5]
• 1790 - Clermont-Ferrand becomes part of the Puy-de-Dôme souveraineté.^[6]

19th century

• 1801
  • Cantons of Clermont-Est, Clermont-Nord, Clermont-Sud, and Clermont-Sud-Ouest created.^[6]
  • Fontaine de la Pyramide erected.
• 1806 - Population: 30,982.^[6]
• 1826 - Chamber of Commerce established.^[7]
• 1855 - Moniteur du Puy-de-Dôme newspaper begins publication.^[8]
• 1858 - Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons (Clermont-Ferrand) installed in the Place de la Rodade.
• 1862 - Clermont-Ferrand Synagogue^[4] and Church of Saint Eutropius built.
• 1886 - Population: 46,718.^[9]
• 1889 - Michelin et Cie in business.^[10]
• 1894 - Société d'histoire naturelle d'Auvergne established.^[11]
• 1895 - Fontaine d'Urbain II installed in the Place de la Victoire (Clermont-Ferrand).
• 1896 - Avenir du Puy-de-Dôme newspaper begins publication.^[8]

20th century

• 1906 - Galeries de Jaude (shop) built.
• 1911 - Population: 65,386.^[12]
• 1919 - La Montagne newspaper begins publication.
• 1921 - Population: 82,577.^[6]
• 1926 - Population: 111,711.^[6]
• 1940
  • June: City briefly occupied by German forces.^[13]
  • July: City becomes temporary seat of government of France, which shortly relocates to Vichy.^[13]
• 1944 - Le Semeur Hebdo begins publication.
• 1961
  • Gare routière (Clermont-Ferrand) built.
  • Association Montferrand Renaissance founded.^[14]
• 1974 - Jardin botanique de la Charme (garden) created.
• 1975 - Population: 156,763.^[6]
• 1977 - Islamic community of Clermont-Ferrand established in the former Refuge du Bon Pasteur chapel.^[15][16]
• 1979 - Maison des Congrès et de la Culture (Clermont-Ferrand) in use.
• 1982
  • Cantons Centre, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud-Est, and Montferrand created.^[6]
  • Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival begins.
• 1995 - Radio Campus Clermont-Ferrand begins broadcasting.
• 1999
  • Polydome convention centre opens.
  • Population: 137,140.^[6]

21st century

• 2003 - Le Magazine Zap begins publication.^(fr)
• 2006 - Clermont-Ferrand tramway begins operating.
• 2010 - Grande mosquée de Clermont-Auvergne built.^[16]
• 2011 - Population: 140,957.^[17]
• 2012 - Population: 141,569.
• 2014 - Olivier Bianchi becomes mayor.
• 2015
  • Cantons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 created per Cantons of France redistricting, 2014.^(fr)
  • March: Puy-de-Dôme departmental election, 2015 held.
  • December: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional election, 2015 held.^[17]
• 2016 - Clermont-Ferrand becomes part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

See also

• Clermont-Ferrand history
• History of Clermont-Ferrand
• Augustonemetum (Roman-era settlement)
• List of mayors of Clermont-Ferrand
• List of heritage sites in Clermont-Ferrand

other cities in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

• Timeline of Grenoble
• Timeline of Lyon
• Timeline of St Etienne
• Timeline of Vienne

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved December 2015.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. Charles Daniel (1903). "Conciles particuliers". Manuel des sciences sacrées (in French). Paris: Delhomme & Briguet. (chronological list)
4. "Patrimoine architectural (Clermont-Ferrand)". Base Mérimée (in French). Minister of Culture (France). Retrieved December 2015.
5. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Retrieved December 2015.
6. "Notice communale: Clermont-Ferrand". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved December 2015.
7. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
8. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
9. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
10. History of the Michelin Group (timeline), Michelin, retrieved December 2015
11. "Sociétés savantes de France (Clermont-Ferrand)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved December 2015.
12. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
13. Sweets 1986.
14. "Association Montferrand renaissance". Data.bnf.fr. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved December 2015.
15. "À Clermont-Ferrand, la chapelle devenue mosquée", Le Figaro (in French) (Paris), 11 October 2012
16. "Religion: quand les sœurs prêtaient leur chapelle aux musulmans", Le Parisien (in French), 16 June 2015
17. "Données du Monde: Clermont-Ferrand", Le Monde (in French), retrieved December 2015

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Clermont", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• "Clermont". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
• S. Kahn (1903), "Clermont-Ferrand", Jewish Encyclopedia 4, New York
• "Clermont-Ferrand", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Georges Goyau (1910). "Clermont". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
• "Clermont-Ferrand", Southern France (6th ed.), Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914
• Daniel C. Haskell, ed. (1922), "Provencal literature and language, including the local history of southern France", Bulletin of the New York Public Library 26, Local history: Clermont-Ferrand
• John F. Sweets (1986). Choices in Vichy France: The French Under Nazi Occupation. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-503751-7. (case study of Clermont-Ferrand)

in French

• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Clermont-Ferrand". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire. Perisse frères.
• Benoît Gonod (1839). "Histoire moderne (Villes et provinces de France): Clermont". Catalogue des livres imprimés et manuscrits de la bibliothèque de la ville de Clermont-Ferrand. Clermont-Ferrand: Perol.
• Jean-Baptiste Bouillet. Tablettes historiques de l'Auvergne (in French). Clermont-Ferrand. 1840-1847. 8 vols.
• Ambroise Tardieu (historian) (1872). Histoire de la ville de Clermont-Ferrand (in French).
• Clermont-Ferrand et le Puy-de-Dôme (in French). Association française pour l'avancement des sciences. 1908.
• "Clermont-Ferrand". Auvergne et centre. Guides Joanne (in French). 1908.

External links

• Items related to Clermont-Ferrand, various dates (via Europeana).
• Items related to Clermont-Ferrand, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).