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Aurillac
Park in Aurillac
Aurillac
Administration
Country	France
Region	Auvergne
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Aurillac
Intercommunality	Aurillac
Mayor	Alain Calmette (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	573–867. m (1,880–2,844.5 ft) (avg. 622 m or 2,041 ft)
Land area1	28.76 km2 (11.10 sq mi)
Population2	28,641  (2008)
- Density	996 /km2 (2,580 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	15014/ 15000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°55′34″N 2°26′26″E / 44.9261°N 2.4406°E / 44.9261; 2.4406

Aurillac (Orlhac in Occitan) is a commune in the Auvergne region in south-central France, capital of the Cantal department.

Aurillac's inhabitants are called Aurillacois, and are also Cantaliens (from Cantal) or Cantalous in Occitan.

Geography and climate[link]

Aurillac is 558km away from Paris and 223km from Toulouse. Aurillac was part of a former Auvergne province called Haute-Auvergne and is only 20km away from the heart of the Auvergne Volcano Park.

Aurillac is often thought to be one of the coldest cities in France. However, this is untrue, as it is simply the city at the highest altitude shown on the TV weather forecasts.

Aurillac stands on the Jordanne River.

Population[link]

Economy[link]

Umbrellas[link]

The historical capital of the umbrella, Aurillac makes more than half the umbrellas produced in France. In 1999, Aurillac produced around 250,000 umbrellas, generating around 100 jobs.^{[citation needed]}

After declining for several decades at the end of the 20th century, Aurillac umbrella producers decided to join their forces and created the Economic Interest Group, or GIE in 1997. They then launched their products under a single label, L'aurillac Parapluie.^{[citation needed]}

Sights[link]

Some of the better known churches of Aurillac are:

• Église Saint Géraud
• Église Notre Dame aux Neiges
• Église Sacré Cœur
• Église Saint-Joseph Ouvrier

Sport[link]

Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne is a rugby team based in Aurillac.

Personalities[link]

Aurillac was the birthplace of:

• Gerbert of Aurillac, Pope Sylvester II
• The Revolutionary Jean-Baptiste Carrier was born in a nearby village.
• Paul Doumer (1857–1932), President of France
• Marie Marvingt (1875–1963), an athlete, mountaineer, aviator, and the most decorated woman in the history of France.
• Georges Monnet French socialist politician.

See also[link]

• Communes of the Cantal department

References[link]

• INSEE

External links[link]

• Official website (in French)
• 36 heures Festival

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Aurillac

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Guy Gilles born Guy Chiche (August 25, 1938 - February 3, 1996) was a French film director.

Biography[link]

He directed his first short film, Soleil éteint in 1958. He changed his surname to Gilles based on the name of his mother (Gilette) to create a pseudonym. After studying at the Beaux-Arts, he moved to Paris, where he worked as an assistant to François Reichenbach in 1964.

His first feature film,L'Amour à la mer (1962),starred Juliette Greco, Romy Schneider and Jean-Pierre Léaud. Patrick Jouan featured in many of his films. He also worked for television with productions such as Dim, Dam, Dom and Pour le plaisir.

His romantic relationship with Jeanne Moreau seemed to inspire the movie Absences répétéeswhich received the Prix Jean-Vigo in 1973.

Hélène Martin requested him to make a documentary about Saint, poète et martyr. It was released at a gay film festival organized by Lionel Soukaz in 1978, and the film was troubled by a fascist group that injured the director.

His latest films include Le Crime d'amour (1982), with Richard Berry and Jacques Penot, and Nuit docile (1987). He caught AIDS in the late 1980s, and in experiencing difficulties with production, he struggled to complete Néfertiti, la fille du soleilin 1994 which was released in 1996 on the year of death.

A retrospective was presented at the 31st International Film Festival of La Rochelle in July 2003.

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

• 1956 : Les chasseurs d'autographes
• 1958 : Soleil éteint
• 1959 : Au biseau des baisers
• 1961 : Mélancholia
• 1964 : Journal d'un combat
• 1965 : L'Amour à la mer
• 1965 : Paris un jour d'hiver
• 1966 : Les cafés de Paris
• 1966 : Chanson de gestes
• 1966 : Le jardin des Tuileries
• 1966 : Les cafés de Paris
• 1967 : Un dimanche à Aurillac
• 1967 : Au pan coupé
• 1969 : Clair de Terre
• 1971 : Côté cour, côté champs
• 1972 : Absences répétées
• 1974 : Le Jardin qui bascule
• 1976 : Montreur d'images
• 1982 : Le Crime d'amour
• 1987 : La Nuit docile
• 1996 : Néfertiti, la fille du soleil

Television[link]

• 1965 : Ciné Bijou
• 1966 : Pop'âge
• 1967 : Festivals 1966 Cinémas 1967
• 1969 : Vie retrouvée
• 1969 : Le Partant
• 1971 : Proust, l'art et la douleur
• 1974 : Saint, poète et martyr (
• 1975 : La Loterie de la vie
• 1975 : La Vie filmée : 1946-54
• 1983 : Où sont-elle donc ?
• 1984 : Un garçon de France, d'après un roman de Pascal Sevran
• 1992 : Dis papa, raconte-moi là-bas sur l'Algérie
• 1994 : La Lettre de Jean sur la toxicomanie

External links[link]

• Further reading

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