Issoire

Issoire is located on the river Couze, near its confluence with the Allier, {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}} SSE of Clermont-Ferrand on the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée railway to Nîmes.{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Issoire|volume=14|page=886}} Issoire is situated in one of the fertile plains of the Petites Limagnes—basins that follow the Allier from its source in the Massif Central to the Grande Limagne north of Clermont-Ferrand and on to the Loire.

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On average, Issoire experiences 67.6 days per year with a minimum temperature below {{convert|0|C|F|1}}, 2.1 days per year with a minimum temperature below {{convert|-10|C|F|1}}, 5.8 days per year with a maximum temperature below {{convert|0|C|F|1}}, and 30.3 days per year with a maximum temperature above {{convert|30|C|F|1}}. The record high temperature was {{convert|40.3|C|F|1}} on 7 July 2015, while the record low temperature was {{convert|-17.6|C|F|1}} on 30 January 2005.

{{Weather box

|location = Issoire, France, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1997–present

|single line = Yes

|metric first = Yes

|Jan record high C = 21.6

|Feb record high C = 23.5

|Mar record high C = 26.5

|Apr record high C = 30.6

|May record high C = 33.9

|Jun record high C = 40.3

|Jul record high C = 40.3

|Aug record high C = 40.1

|Sep record high C = 34.8

|Oct record high C = 29.7

|Nov record high C = 25.0

|Dec record high C = 19.1

|Jan high C = 7.9

|Feb high C = 9.5

|Mar high C = 13.8

|Apr high C = 17.2

|May high C = 21.1

|Jun high C = 25.4

|Jul high C = 27.7

|Aug high C = 27.5

|Sep high C = 23.2

|Oct high C = 18.3

|Nov high C = 12.0

|Dec high C = 8.5

|year high C =

|Jan mean C = 3.9

|Feb mean C = 4.7

|Mar mean C = 7.9

|Apr mean C = 10.9

|May mean C = 14.7

|Jun mean C = 18.7

|Jul mean C = 20.6

|Aug mean C = 20.4

|Sep mean C = 16.5

|Oct mean C = 12.9

|Nov mean C = 7.7

|Dec mean C = 4.6

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = -0.1

|Feb low C = -0.2

|Mar low C = 1.9

|Apr low C = 4.5

|May low C = 8.3

|Jun low C = 11.9

|Jul low C = 13.4

|Aug low C = 13.2

|Sep low C = 9.9

|Oct low C = 7.6

|Nov low C = 3.5

|Dec low C = 0.6

|year low C =

|Jan record low C = -17.6

|Feb record low C = -17.1

|Mar record low C = -15.1

|Apr record low C = -10.8

|May record low C = -1.2

|Jun record low C = 1.5

|Jul record low C = 4.3

|Aug record low C = 2.2

|Sep record low C = 0.5

|Oct record low C = -9.1

|Nov record low C = -11.5

|Dec record low C = -15.8

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 27.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 23.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 32.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 54.2

|May precipitation mm = 76.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 63.2

|Jul precipitation mm = 62.2

|Aug precipitation mm = 71.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 53.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 59.6

|Nov precipitation mm = 54.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 32.3

|year precipitation mm =

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 6.7

|Feb precipitation days = 6.2

|Mar precipitation days = 7.3

|Apr precipitation days = 8.1

|May precipitation days = 9.5

|Jun precipitation days = 7.5

|Jul precipitation days = 7.8

|Aug precipitation days = 8.0

|Sep precipitation days = 6.6

|Oct precipitation days = 8.1

|Nov precipitation days = 9.2

|Dec precipitation days = 6.5

|source 1 = Meteociel

{{cite web

|url = https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=63178001&normes=2020

|publisher = Meteociel.fr

|title = 1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Issoire

|access-date = May 19, 2023

}}

}}

Issoire (Iciodurum) is said to have been founded by the Arverni, and in Roman times rose to some reputation for its schools. In the 5th century the Christian community established there by Stremonius in the same century was overthrown by the fury of the Vandals.

During the religious wars of the Reformation, Issoire suffered very severely. Merle, the leader of the Protestants, captured the town in 1574, and treated the inhabitants with great cruelty. The Roman Catholics retook it in 1577, and the ferocity of their retaliation may be inferred from the inscription "Ici fut Issoire" ("Here was Issoire") carved on a pillar which was raised on the site of the town. In the contest between the Leaguers and Henry IV, Issoire sustained further sieges, and never wholly regained its early prosperity.

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-63178#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|graph-pos = right

|1968 |11886

|1975 |13673

|1982 |13674

|1990 |13559

|1999 |13773

|2007 |13996

|2012 |14296

|2017 |14822

}}

Voxan motorcycles were manufactured at Issoire. Also, tourists often visit the village to see the church of Saint-Austremoine.

The church of Saint-Austremoine is built on the site of an older chapel raised over the tomb of St. Austremoine (Stremonius), and affords an excellent specimen of the Romanesque architecture of Auvergne. There is also a clock tower and the museum of the philosopher's stone.

• François Albert-Buisson
• Agénor Altaroche
• Auguste Bravard
• Antoine Duprat
• François George-Hainl
• Auguste Pomel
• Florent Sauvadet

• {{Flagicon|Germany}} Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany, since 1971.

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• [https://www.issoire.fr/ Official website]

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