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Riom
Riom
Subprefecture and commune
	Buildings of Riom
	Coat of arms
	Location of Riom
	Riom Riom
	Coordinates: 45°53′40″N 3°06′48″E / 45.8944°N 3.1133°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Riom
Canton	Riom
Intercommunality	CA Riom Limagne et Volcans
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Pécoul
Area 1	31.97 km2 (12.34 sq mi)
Population (2021)	18,736
• Density	590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63300 /63200
Elevation	337 m (1,106 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Riom (French pronunciation: [ʁjɔ̃] ^ⓘ; Auvergnat Riam) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.^[3]

History

Until the French Revolution, Riom was the capital of the province of Auvergne, and the seat of the dukes of Auvergne.^[4] The city was of Gaulish origin, the Roman Ricomagus. In the intensely feudalized Auvergne of the 10th century, the town grew up around the collegiate Church of Saint Amabilis (Saint Amable), the local saint, who was the object of pilgrimages. In the 14th century the city benefitted from the patronage of Jean, duc de Berry, who rebuilt the Ducal Palace and the Saint-Chapelle. In 1531, Riom and Auvergne reverted to the Crown of France.

In 1942, Riom was the site of the Vichy government's abortive war-guilt trials, called Riom Trials.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	15,467	—
1975	17,071	+1.42%
1982	18,346	+1.03%
1990	18,793	+0.30%
1999	18,548	−0.15%
2007	18,040	−0.35%
2012	18,484	+0.49%
2017	19,180	+0.74%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Sights

In 1985 Riom received the French classification of Ville d'Art et d'Histoire recognizing its sixteen classified historical monuments as well as another 57 on the supplementary listings. Several 17th- and 18th-century private houses (hôtels particuliers) are open to the public with collections of costumes and works of decorative art.

Riom's two major public squares are Place Jean-Baptiste Laurent and Place du pré-Madame in which stand two large fountains in homage to Louis Desaix.

The Renaissance Maison des Consuls
Saint Amable basilica, exterior
Saint Amable basilica, interior
The church of Marthuret
The clock tower
The holy chapel
The roofs of Riom

Public library

The Bibliothèque Municipale de Riom (English: Riom Library), is a public library in Riom. Since 1968 it has been located on Avenue Mgr Martrou. The library was established after the French Revolution.^[6]

The library collection began after the French Revolution and it has been housed in a number of buildings including a college and at Riom city hall. In 1905 the library was moved to a Carmelite convent building and in 1941 it was housed in a museum. The present home of the collection was opened in 1968.^[6]^[7]

It contains approximately 90,000 items (books, journals, audio cassette tapes and video). The special part of the collection consists of 15 medieval manuscripts, which came from revolutionary confiscations made in religious communities. The Ministry of Culture and Communication digitized three illuminated manuscripts. Of the illuminated works five volumes are from the 15th - 16th centuries.

Notable people

Riom was the birthplace of:

Pierre Victor, baron Malouet (1740–1814), publicist and politician
Gilbert Romme (1750–1795), politician
Joseph Projectus Machebeuf (1812–1889), Vicar Apostolic of Colorado and Utah; Bishop of Denver, USA
Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve (1848–1925), Olympic fencer
Eugene Gilbert (1889–1918), pioneer aviator, WW1 fighter pilot
Alan Stivell (1944-), Celtic musician and singer, recording artist and master of the Celtic harp
Rufus (1942-), actor
Anne Marie Dias Borges (1976-), Franco-Cape-Verdean journalist and radio and television host
Sébastien Mazeyrat (1978-), footballer

International relations

Riom is twinned with:^[8]

Adur, England, United Kingdom
Algemesí, Spain
Nördlingen, Germany
Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Żywiec, Poland

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "Hidden Riom: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Auvergne's City of Art". Visit Auvergne. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ ^a ^b Chronique des bibliothèques françaises at the Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France
^ Ehrard, Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne, Institut Claude Longeon Renaissance, Age classique ... ; catalogues établis et présentés par John Renwick et Lucette Perol, avec la collab. de Jean (1999). Deux bibliothèques oratoriennes à la fin du XVIIIe siècle : Riom et Effiat. Saint Etienne: Publ. de l'Univ. de Saint Etienne. ISBN 2862721719.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Jumelage". ville-riom.fr (in French). Riom. Retrieved 2019-11-20.

External links

Riom - Official site for the city of Riom (in French).
Riom Tourism - Official site from the Auvergne Office de Tourisme.
Joan of Arc's letter to Riom - Translation by Allen Williamson of a letter dictated by Joan of Arc to the people of Riom on November 9, 1429.
The Musée de Veygoux is a museum in the Manoir de Veygoux dedicated to the French Revolution and Desaix.
The Riom trials of 1942, from a Marxist perspective

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] INSEE commune file

[4] "Hidden Riom: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Auvergne's City of Art". Visit Auvergne. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

[pophist-5] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[bbf-6] Chronique des bibliothèques françaises at the Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France

[ehrard-7] Ehrard, Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne, Institut Claude Longeon Renaissance, Age classique ... ; catalogues établis et présentés par John Renwick et Lucette Perol, avec la collab. de Jean (1999). Deux bibliothèques oratoriennes à la fin du XVIIIe siècle : Riom et Effiat. Saint Etienne: Publ. de l'Univ. de Saint Etienne. ISBN 2862721719.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[8] "Jumelage". ville-riom.fr (in French). Riom. Retrieved 2019-11-20.

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Riom

History

Population

Sights

Public library

Notable people

International relations

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References

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