The City Center of Montluçon derives its strength from a unique historical collage, with its pieces awaiting a new harmony that will allow the vision of a whole and a clear identity. Montluçon's past history can be read through its urban and river landscapes, its boulevards, avenues, and streets, its squares and small squares, its major religious and cultural buildings, its castles, and its housing, which, when juxtaposed, become elements of great value for residents and attractive for visitors.

The new City Center will consist of the rocky spur, the Historic City, and the Gozet City and its extensions. Together, they will become an extended center with the Cher River at its core, the first unifying element of this new Center.

The Guide Plan or "framework" is a profound reflection on the future of the urban and territorial system that must be articulated based on a "reinterpretation of the existing city," its population, its main public spaces, the ongoing economic activity, but also based on the "opportunities" that can be developed. Our strategy seeks, first of all, to unite these two cities through the Cher Riverbank project, with the Avenue de la République, notably as a element to be reactivated through the Saint Pierre Bridge. Nature is brought back into the city, with the expanded heart of the Cher River and the transformation of railway tracks into greenways. Other projects aim to regenerate the urban fabric through the transformation of the train station district, the redesign of important public spaces, and the improvement of residential areas such as Pierre Leroux or La Verrerie.

The implementation of the Plan and works benefits from a grant provided by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), whose main mission is to support projects within the framework of economic, social, and territorial cohesion policy.