Taxat-Senat is a commune in the

Allier Allier ( , , ; oc, Alèir) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region that borders Cher to the west, Nièvre to the north, Saône-et-Loire and Loire to the east, Puy-de-Dôme to the south, and Creuse to the south-west. Named afte ...

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in central

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. It is located northwest of

Gannat Gannat (; Auvergnat: ''Gatnat'') is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Gannat was a sub-prefecture until 1926, with a population of around 5,800 inhabitants. There is a castle (the Château de Gannat), two churches of which o ...

along the D223 road, northwest of

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, southwest of Chezelle, west of

Ussel-d'Allier Ussel-d'Allier () is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 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. ...

and northeast of

Bellenaves Bellenaves (; oc, Balanava) is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Geography The river Bouble forms part of the commune's northeastern border. Balanava dins lo canton d'Ebruelh.png, alt=Bellenaves in the former canton of É ...

and Naves.

Population

Economy

As of 2020, the working age population was 117 people, of which 74% were active (7% unemployed) and 26% were inactive (11% retired, 10% students).

Sights

The commune contains the Église romane Saint-André de Taxat, dated to the twelfth century with rich frescoes of the fourteenth century. It is listed on the Supplementary List of Historic Monuments and is partly ruined,Grégoire, C., ''Le Canton de Chantelle'' 'Canton of Chantelle'' 1910; reprinted as ''Chantelle (et ses environs)'' 'Chantelle and its surroundings'' coll. « Monographies des villes et villages de France » (Micberth), Paris, Res Universis, 1990, pp. 297–317. especially the floor of the nave and is subject to a restoration plan. The other church, Église de Senat, the parish church, has an apse and bell tower which are also on Supplementary List of Historic Monuments.

Personalities

* Hubert Pradon-Vallancy (1891-1943), Deputy of the Allier Department from 1928 to 1932. He was born in the Château de Mont in Taxat-Senat and was also mayor of Taxat-Senat.