Moulins is a town and commune in central France, capital of the Allier département.
FACTS AND FIGURES
- Population: 22,000
- Clothing, shoes, dyes, automobile parts, and household products are manufactured. It is also an agricultural market
- Before the French Revolution, Moulins was the capital of the province of Bourbonnais and the seat of the Dukes of Bourbon
SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS
- Moulins Cathedral, contains a superb 15th-century triptych, and the tomb of Henri de Montmorency, designed by François Anguier
- Church of Saint Pierre
- Riau castle
- Church of St-Bathelemy et St-Genes
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