- Arnac-Pompadour
French commune
nomcommune=Arnac-Pompadour
Global view of cross-country of Pompadour
région=Limousin
département=Corrèze
arrondissement=Brive-la-Gaillarde
canton=Lubersac
insee=19011
cp=19230
gentilé=Pompadours
maire=Jean-Michel Reillier
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Pays de Pompadour
longitude=1.38194444444
latitude=45.3972222222
alt moy=
alt mini=279
alt maxi=475 m
hectares=
km²=15.09
sans=1,334
date-sans=1999
dens=88
date-dens=1999Arnac-Pompadour is a commune in the department of
Corrèze in centralFrance .The city is famous for its Château and its Stud, the Pompadour National Anglo-Arab Stud, headquarters of the
French National Stud andFrance 's principal production centre ofAnglo-Arabian horses.History
Arnac was inhabited in
Gallo-Roman times by a landowner named Artonacus or Artonos.Pompadour belonged to one of the oldest lordships in Limousin: the Lastours, Vicomte de Pompadour. A first castle was built in
1026 by Guy de Lastours to defend his possessions, coveted by the Vicomte de Ségur. He also rebuilt Arnac church and established a monastery there, given toSaint Martial 's Abbey inLimoges .As centuries went by, the suzerainty of the Pompadours spread to all the adjoining parishes. Geoffroi Hélie de Pompadour rebuilt a sumptuous castle in the 15th century. Having in
1513 inherited the illustrious Vicomté de Comborn, the House of Pompadour had reached the religious, military and political heights. Elevated to a marquisate, it died out at the dawn of the 18th century, with several successive deaths.After that family died out, the inheritance (including the estate, the title and coat-of-arms), disputed in a long trial between the Prince de Conti and the Marquis de La Vallière, was finally transferred to the Crown. In
1745 ,Louis XV gave it to his favourite, Mme d'Etiolles, who became theMarquise de Pompadour .Returned to the Crown after the death of Madame de Pompadour, the Château and the 333 ha estate (spread across several communes) became a Royal Stud. Re-established by
Napoleon after the Revolution, it is currently a famous National Stud, specialising particularly in developing the Anglo-Arab breed.Famous natives
Pompadour was the birthplace of:
*Jules Comby (1853 -1947 ), a famous pediatrician
*Pierre Villepreux (1943 -), a formerrugby union player and national team coachee also
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Communes of the Corrèze department References
"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."
External links
* [http://www.haras-nationaux.fr/portail/vous-etes/espace-international/nouveau-welcome The Haras website (en)]
* [http://www.pompadour.net/ The Commune website (en)]
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