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Ainay-le-Château
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Ainay-le-Château () is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.
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Ainay-le-Château is a commune in France, located in the Allier department within the arrondissement of Montluçon and the canton of Cérilly. It has also been associated with the canton of Bourbon-l'Archambault. The municipality borders Isle-et-Bardais, Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais, Bessais-le-Fromental, and Charenton-du-Cher. Its official name is also listed as Ainay-sur-Sologne.
The area of the commune is 24.07 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 1,613 residents and another citing 1,191. Demographic data indicates a male population of 510 and a female population of 484. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 252 meters in one dataset and 216 meters in another. The postal code is 03360, and the timezone is Europe/Paris.
Synthesized by Vinony from 52 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Firecrawl, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Ainay-le-Château is referenced by 327 other articles, and connects out to Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais, France and time zone.
It sits within the topics Bourbonnais, Communes of Allier and Incomplete lists from April 2021.
Its subject is documented across 49 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ainay-le-Château
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,191
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Ainay-le-Château
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Mairiedainay.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Town hall
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason de la ville d'Ainay-le-Chateau (03).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Montluçon
- French commune.canton
- Bourbon-l'Archambault
- French commune.INSEE
- 03003
- French commune.postal code
- 03360
- French commune.mayor
- Stéphane Milaveau
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC du Pays de Tronçais
- French commune.elevation m
- 208
- French commune.elevation min m
- 184
- French commune.elevation max m
- 252
- French commune.area km2
- 24.07
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website

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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Ainay-le-Château
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Montluçon
- Population
- 989
- Area
- 24.07
- Elevation
- 216
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Vernais
- Official website
- www.ainay-le-chateau.fr
- Image
- Eglise d'Ainay le Chateau (1).jpg
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- Commons category
- Ainay-le-Château
- postal code
- 03360
- associated electoral district
- canton of Bourbon-l'Archambault
- male population
- 510
- female population
- 484
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-70-07-90-05
- fax number
- +33-4-70-07-96-48
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Neighboring Communes and Villages
- History
- Home for people with psychiatric disorders
- Heraldry
- Administration
- Population
- Economy
- Culture and heritage
- Civil heritage
- Religious heritage
- Ainay-le-Château in culture
- Notable People linked to the commune
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Ainay-le-Château () is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Castelainaisiens or Castelainaisiennes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ainay-le-Château” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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