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Allier

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.

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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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Settlement.name: Allier
Settlement.native_name_lang: oc
Settlement.type: Department
Settlement.image_skyline: Moulins (Allier) Hôtel de préfecture 003.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Prefecture building in Moulins
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of the Department of Allier.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason comte fr Clermont (Bourbon).svg
Settlement.shield_alt: Unofficial shield
Settlement.image_map: Allier-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Allier in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Moulins
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para

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Official website

Accueil - Conseil Départemental de l'Allier

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Allier
Population: 333298
Area: 7340
Official website: www.allier.fr
Image: Hôtel Préfecture Moulins Allier 3.jpg

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Commons category: Allier
inception: 1790-03-04
Commons gallery: Allier
annual number of weddings: 715
social media followers: 3635
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34 sections

Contents

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

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.