Allier

Allier
Alèir (Occitan)
Prefecture building in Moulins
Prefecture building in Moulins
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Location of Allier in France
Location of Allier in France
Coordinates: 46°20′N 3°10′E / 46.333°N 3.167°E / 46.333; 3.167
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
PrefectureMoulins
SubprefecturesMontluçon
Vichy
Government
 • President of the Departmental CouncilClaude Riboulet[1] (UDI)
Area
 • Total7,340 km2 (2,830 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total334,872
 • Rank69th
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number03
Arrondissements3
Cantons19
Communes317
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Allier (UK: /ˈæli/ AL-ee-ay,[3] US: /ælˈj, ɑːlˈj/ a(h)l-YAY,[4][5] 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.[6] 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.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Allier". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Allier". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Allier". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  6. ^ Populations légales 2021: 03 Allier, INSEE (in French)
  7. ^ Cooke, Virginie (9 October 2018). "Les habitants de l'Allier vont officiellement s'appeler les Bourbonnais" (in French). France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  8. ^ Ména, Stéphanie (18 October 2018). "Les habitants de l'Allier auront officiellement un nouveau nom ce jeudi : les Bourbonnais !". La Montagne (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  9. ^ "ALLIER". habitants.fr (in French). SARL Patagos. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

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