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Arrondissement Of Montluçon
The arrondissement of Montluçon is an arrondissement of France in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 89 communes. Its population is 108,364 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Montluçon, and their INSEE codes, are: # Ainay-le-Château (03003) # Archignat (03005) # Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest (03007) # Audes (03010) # Beaune-d'Allier (03020) # Bézenet (03027) # Bizeneuille (03031) # Blomard (03032) # Braize (03037) # Le Brethon (03041) # La Celle (03047) # Cérilly (03048) # Chambérat (03051) # Chamblet (03052) # La Chapelaude (03055) # Chappes (03058) # Chavenon (03070) # Chazemais (03072) # Colombier (03081) # Commentry (03082) # Cosne-d'Allier (03084) # Courçais (03088) # Deneuille-les-Mines (03097) # Désertines (03098) # Domérat (03101) # Doyet (03104) # Durdat-Larequille (03106) # Estivareilles (03111) # Haut-Bocage (03158) # Hérisson (03127) # Huriel (03128) # Hyds (03129) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montluçon
Montluçon (; oc, Montleçon ) is a commune in central France on the river Cher. It is the largest commune in the Allier department, although the department's prefecture is located in the smaller town of Moulins. Its inhabitants are known as ''Montluçonnais''. The town is in the traditional province of Bourbonnais and was part of the mediaeval duchy of Bourbon. Geography Montluçon is located in the northwest of the Allier department near the frontier of the Centre-Val de Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. Montluçon is linked with surrounding regions and towns via four main road axes, plus the highway A71 from Orléans to Clermont-Ferrand; through a railway linking in the North Vierzon then Paris (3-5h). Formerly the canal de Berry linked Montluçon towards the north. Montluçon is south of Bourges, from Paris, from Clermont-Ferrand, (3h) from Lyon, (2h) from Limoges and from the Atlantic coast. Montluçon is close to the ''Méridienne verte'' (an architectural p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braize
Braize () is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Geography At its widest point, the commune is 8 km across, stretching from the Cher department to the Rond des Landes Blanches. It lies in a valley oriented east and west from La Pacaudière to Les Ris, the lowest point in the commune. Much of the valley is swampy. It is drained by a brook that flows through several ponds. The lowest point in the commune is on the west. On the south are the edges of the forest of Tronçais, dominated by several buttes at Rond du Haut du Parc and Puy Aigu, the highest point in the commune at Montaloyer. On the north, a gentle slope rises to the present town, with its remarkable feudal motte ''Le Mamelon'', close to the farm called ''La Commanderie''. Northwest of Baignereau, the boundary is the river Sologne. Beyond the village and to the edge of the commune, a slightly rolling plateau leads to the Verneuil vineyards, of which only a small part are still cultivated. Ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courçais
Courçais (; oc, Corsai) is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Allier department The following is a list of the 317 communes of the Allier department of France. Intercommunalities The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Allier Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Allier-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosne-d'Allier
Cosne-d'Allier (; oc, Còse) is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Population Sights * Château de Petit-Bois See also *Communes of the Allier department The following is a list of the 317 communes of the Allier department of France. Intercommunalities The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Allier Bourbonnais Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Allier-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commentry
Commentry (; Auvergnat: ''Comentriac'') is a commune in the department of Allier in central France. It lies southwest of Moulins in the valley of the Œil. It is within 8 km of one of the geographic centres of France. The film actress Yvonne Rozille (1900–1985) was born in Commentry. Population History Commentry was home to Compagnie de Commentry-Fourchambault-Decazeville, thanks to an important coal deposit. The coal mine fueled a huge growth in population, from under 1,000 to more than 12,000, while Stéphane Mony was its CEO (1840–1884). Commentry was the first commune ever to elect a socialist mayor: Christophe Thivrier was elected 6 June 1882. The Socialist Party of France was founded in Commentry in September 1902. Economy Commentry gave its name to a coal field over 21 square kilometres in extent, and historically had important foundries and forges. Science Charles Brongniart discovered many fossils near Commentry, including ''Meganeura'' in the Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombier, Allier
Colombier () is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Allier department The following is a list of the 317 communes of the Allier department of France. Intercommunalities The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Allier Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Allier-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chazemais
Chazemais () is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Allier department The following is a list of the 317 communes of the Allier department of France. Intercommunalities The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Allier Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Allier-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chavenon
Chavenon (; oc, Chavanon) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France. History The former name is ''Ecclesia de Cavenone'',Quoted for the first time as Ecclesia de Cavenone by Nicolas de Nicolay 1517-1583. the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution. Population Transportation * Gare de Chavenon Government The following table shows mayors of Chavenon. Sights *Saint-Martin Church, Eglise Saint-Martin which is a 12th-century building * Castle Montgeorges, which is a 16th-century building *Manor of Saint Hubertus, which is a 19th-century mansion and now a Russian orthodox monastery with a park drawn by the landscape gardener François-Marie Treyve. * Watermill oVeauxon the river Aumance (the last one on this French river). The Aumance is a tributary of the Cher. This mill is on the Cassini map. * Manor of Sceauve, which is a former fief. Personalities Born in Chavenon: * Cécile Desliens (1853–1937), painter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chappes, Allier
Chappes (; oc, Chapas) is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Allier department The following is a list of the 317 communes of the Allier department of France. Intercommunalities The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Allier Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Allier-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Chapelaude
La Chapelaude (; oc, La Chapelauda) is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Allier department The following is a list of the 317 communes of the Allier department of France. Intercommunalities The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Allier Bourbonnais Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Allier-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamblet
Chamblet () is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Allier department The following is a list of the 317 communes of the Allier department of France. Intercommunalities The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Allier Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Allier-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chambérat
Chambérat (; oc, Chamberac) is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Allier department The following is a list of the 317 communes of the Allier department of France. Intercommunalities The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Allier Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Allier-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
