Allier
Sign in to saveAllier ( , ; ; ) 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 333,298 in 2023. Moulins is the prefecture; Montluçon and Vichy are the subprefectures. Its INSEE and post code is 03.
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Allier is a department (administrative division) in central France, named after the Allier River and home to about 333,000 people. It matters as a regional administrative unit with its main city Moulins serving as the prefecture, along with two other important cities, Montluçon and Vichy.
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- Prefecture building in Moulins
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34 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Principal communes
- Relief
- The Bourbonnais Bocage
- The Bourbonnais Sologne
- The Bourbonnais Mountains
- The Bourbonnais Limagne
- Hydrography
- Watercourses
- Climate
- History
- Heraldry
- Demography
- Politics and administration
- Prefecture
- Two senators
- Representatives in the National Assembly
- Departmental Council
- History of the left in Allier
- Economy
- Transport
- Tourism
- Monuments
- Churches and abbeys
- Museums
- Activities
- Gastronomy and viticulture
- Second homes
- Culture
- Sister regions
- Regional languages
- See also
- References
- External links
Allier ( , ; ; ) 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 333,298 in 2023. 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.