Billy (; oc, Bilhi) is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Allier department in central
France
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.
Geography
Bilhi dins lo canton de Varenas.png, alt=Location of Billy in the former canton of Varennes-sur-Allier, Billy in the former canton of Varennes-sur-Allier.
Bilhi dins la Comunautat d'Aglomeracion Vichèi Val d'Alèir.png, alt=Location of Billy in the agglomeration community of Vichy Val d'Allier, Billy in the Vichy conurbation.
Bilhi.png, alt=Location of Billy on the map of Cassini, Billy on the map of Cassini.
History
Between this village and nearby
Créchy,
lagerstätte
A Lagerstätte (, from ''Lager'' 'storage, lair' '' Stätte'' 'place'; plural ''Lagerstätten'') is a sedimentary deposit that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues. These f ...
n have yielded a rich assemblage of
fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...
s from the
Oligocene-
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...
boundary (c. 24-23 million years ago).
[Hugueney ''et al.'' (2003)]
Population
See also
*
Communes of the Allier department
References
External links
Town hall website
Tourist office website
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Communes of Allier
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia