Travel Guide Allouis

Allouis is a municipality of the Department of Cher located 3 kilometers north of Mehun-sur-Yèvre. Its geographical location allowed for the introduction of a long wave transmitter from 1939: two 350 meter tower towers are responsible for French public broadcasting. Allocated, small commune of barely 1,000 inhabitants, will be known by many Europeans because its name appears on the former radio receivers.Ancient paths cross the banks of the commune, on which the vestiges of a Gallo-Roman villa or the ruins of a chapel have been identified, as well as the development of a former village or quarries.A common charter between Allouis and Mehun-sur-Yèvre, although drafted in an administrative style, attests that the territory is already organized in the ninth century: The Saint Sulpice Abbey of Bourges possesses property, and the fief falls within the tower of Mehun-sur-Yèvre. But Allouis has his own lords, whose record books deliver names from the end of the xivth century.You can admire the Saint Germain Church, listed as a historic monument in 1990, the chapel Saint-Jean, the Château des Fontaines.Since 1952, Allouis' transmitter has diffused the program of France Inter, which has been added since 1977 to broadcast the top hour in subcarrier via an atomic clock at Caesium 133 installed in the transmitter building.Using these facilities, short wave transmitters will be installed from 1939, supplemented later by Issoudun. The program of France Inter arriving by special cable from Paris, a rescue cable is installed from Issoudun. Short-wave radio activity ended at Allouis on December 31, 1997 at 9 p. m. 57 (universal time), following the breakdown of the contract linking France to Radio France International, lessee of short wave transmitters.During the Second World War, installations suffered damage due to the French Resistance. Finally, the German troops destroyed the tower at the time of their departure.