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Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais (French pronunciation: [vɛʁnœj ɑ̃ buʁbɔnɛ]; Occitan: Vernuelh en Borbonés) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Bransat (French pronunciation: [bʁɑ̃sa]) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Monétay-sur-Allier (French pronunciation: [mɔnetɛ syʁ alje], literally Monétay on Allier) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Saulcet (French pronunciation: [solsɛ]) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Contigny (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃tiɲi]) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Châtel-de-Neuvre (French pronunciation: [ʃatɛl də nœvʁ]) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Louchy-Montfand (French pronunciation: [luʃi mɔ̃fɑ̃]; Occitan: Lochac e Montfand) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

The Sioule (French pronunciation: [sjul]; Occitan: Siula) is a 164-kilometre (102 mi) long river in central France, a left tributary of the river Allier. Its source is near the village of Orcival, north of Mont-Dore, in the Massif Central. The Sioule has cut a deep gorge, especially in its upper course. The Sioule flows generally northeast through the following departments and towns: Puy-de-Dôme: Pontgibaud Allier: Ébreuil, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule The Sioule flows into the river Allier at La Ferté-Hauterive, 10 km (6 mi) north of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule. Its main tributaries are the Sioulet and the Bouble. The Fades viaduct, the tallest railway bridge in France, is located on the Sioule.

Allier (UK: AL-ee-ay, US: a(h)l-YAY, French: [alje] ; Occitan: 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 after the river Allier, it had a population of 334,872 in 2021. Moulins is the prefecture; Montluçon and Vichy are the subprefectures. Its INSEE and post code is 03. Before 2018, the inhabitants of the department did not have a demonym. The inhabitants of the department have officially been known in French as Bourbonnais since 2018, a reference to the historic province of Bourbonnais. Until then, the unofficial term Elavérins had been used.

Cesset (French pronunciation: [sesɛ]; Occitan: Sessiat) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Montord (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɔʁ]; Occitan: Monttòrt) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

The canton of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule is a French administrative division in the county of Allier and region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 14 to 22 communes: