Vicq (; ) is a commune in the

Allier Allier ( , , ; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region that borders Cher (department), Cher to the west, Nièvre to the north, Saône-et-Loire and Loire (department), Loire to the east, Pu ...

department in

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...

in central

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. Vicq comes from ''vicus'', which means central Gallo-Roman administration, on a local scale.

Geography

It is located 13 km from

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 whic ...

, 33 km from

Vichy Vichy (, ; ) is a city in the central French department of Allier. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the capital of Vichy France. As of 2021, Vichy has a population of 25,789. Known f ...

and 5 km from

Ébreuil Ébreuil (; Auvergnat: ''Esbreule'') 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 France, communes of the Allier Departm ...

Administration

Population

Its inhabitants are called ''Vicquois'' in French.

Sights

*The 11th-13th century Romanesque church of Saint Maurice, classified as a historic site in 1911.

References

Communes of Allier Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Allier-geo-stub