MONTBARD

'Montbard' (population 7900 in 1991) is a town in eastern France, a ''sous-préfecture'' of the Côte-d'Or ''département'', in the Bourgogne ''région''.
Montbard is a small industrial town on the river Brenne.

Contents

History

Transportation

Miscellaneous

Births

Deaths

External link

History

Montbard is near the site of Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay, which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981.
The Château was the scene of the marriage of Anne de Bourgogne and John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford in 1423. It was acquired by the naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.

Transportation

Some TGV express trains between Paris and Dijon stop at Montbard.
The Burgundy Canal also passes by the outskirts of the town.

Miscellaneous

★ The ''Forges de Buffon'', ironworks established by Buffon, are located in the nearby vilage of Buffon.

★ There has been a cricket team in the town since 1993.

Births

Montbard was the birthplace of:

★ Louis Arnoux (1913-2006), painter

★ Jean Bardin (1732-1809), historical painter

★ Buffon (1707-1788), naturalist and mathematician

★ Henri-Gédéon Daloz (1861-1941), painter and photographer

★ Daubenton, (1716-1800), naturalist and collaborator of Buffon

★ Benjamin Guérard (1797-1854), writer

★ Eugène Guillaume (1822-1905), sculptor

★ Jean Claude Misset (1947), painter

★ Edmé Georges Piot (1828-1909)

★ Chantal Quenneville (1887-1969), painter

Deaths

★ Jean-Andoche Junot (1771-1813), general during the First French Empire, committed suicide in Montbard

External link

★ Economic statistics text in French.