Eymoutiers, Petite Cité de Caractère

Eymoutiers, Gateway Town of the PNR de Millevaches, joined the Petites Cités de Caractère network in December 2018. The concept was born in the mid-1970s to promote atypical towns, both rural in location and population, and urban in history and heritage. These towns, with their rich heritage and once administrative, political, religious, commercial and military centers, often saw their urban functions reduced after France?s administrative and industrial revolutions. The town?s mountain atmosphere and size might lead visitors in a hurry to believe that they are in a large market town. Yet the town?s architecture, with its multiple urban functions, tells a story that is far from ordinary.