Allier

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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.

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Rue des Bordes, Vichy

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Rue des Bordes
03500 Vichy
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Cesset

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

Fleuriel

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

Bransat

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

Montord

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

Louchy-Montfand

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

Chareil-Cintrat

Chareil-Cintrat (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁɛj sɛ̃tʁa]; Occitan: Charuelh e Sintrac) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais

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.

Château de Chareil-Cintrat

The Château de Chareil-Cintrat, also known as the Château du Bas-Chareil, is a late medieval château in France. It is located near Chareil-Cintrat, in the Allier department, Auvergne. The château was built at the end of the Middle Ages by the Chareil family. In the early 16th century, it was the home of Claude Morin, contrôleur ordinaire des guerres, who commissioned the Renaissance interior decorations after returning from military campaigns during the Italian Wars. During the French Revolution the property was sold by the revolutionary government. It was purchased by the French state on October 10, 1958, in the same year it was designated a monument historique. The château is now in the care of the Centre des monuments nationaux, and is open to the public. It comprises a rectangular main building, with round towers at the north-west and south-west corners.

Meillard

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

Saulcet

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

Bouble

The Bouble (French pronunciation: [bubl]) is a 65.4-kilometre (40.6 mi) long river in the Allier and Puy-de-Dôme departments in south central France. Its source is at Gouttières. Flowing generally northeast, the Bouble drains an area of 555 km2 (214 sq mi). It is a left tributary of the Sioule into which it flows between Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule and Bayet.

Canton of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule

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: