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 ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...
in central
France
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Population
Sights
*Saint Laurent church from the 19th century.
Personalities
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Théophile Alajouanine
Théophile Alajouanine (; 12 June 1890 – 2 May 1980) was a French neurologist.
Théophile Alajouanine was born in Verneix, Allier. He was a student of Joseph Jules Dejerine and a colleague of Georges Guillain and Charles Foix. He was a pro ...
, (1890–1980), neurologist and writer, born in Verneix
See also
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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
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