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Allier
Allier
Alèir (Occitan) | |
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_H%C3%B4tel_de_pr%C3%A9fecture_003.jpg) Prefecture building in Moulins | |
 Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Allier in France | |
| Coordinates: 46°20′N 3°10′E / 46.333°N 3.167°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Prefecture | Moulins |
| Subprefectures | Montluçon Vichy |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Claude Riboulet[1] (UDI) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,340 km2 (2,830 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 334,872 |
| • Rank | 69th |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 03 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 19 |
| Communes | 317 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which excludes estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Allier (UK: /ˈælieɪ/ AL-ee-ay,[3] US: /ælˈjeɪ, ɑːlˈjeɪ/ 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]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Allier". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019.
- ^ "Allier". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Allier". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ Populations légales 2021: 03 Allier, INSEE (in French)
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "ALLIER". habitants.fr (in French). SARL Patagos. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
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