SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND

also spelled Saint-amand-mont-rond, town, Cher dpartement, Centre rgion, central France. The town, which is situated some 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Bourges, grew up around a monastery founded by St. Amand, a follower of St. Columban, in the 7th century. The town is of historical significance, but its castle and fortifications were razed following the siege of 1652. The remains of the castle are on the forested butte of Montrond. Other remains include a well-preserved 13th15th-century Cistercian cloister and many Roman ruins. St.-Amand-Montrond was a centre of the French Resistance and as such was subject to brutal reprisals before liberation. It is now a dairying centre with some light manufacturing. Pop. (1990) 11,937.