Aurouër is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.
Aurouër | |
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 The town hall in Aurouër | |
Location of Aurouër  | |
  Aurouër  Aurouër | |
| Coordinates: 46°41′16″N 3°18′01″E / 46.6878°N 3.3003°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Moulins |
| Canton | Yzeure |
| Intercommunality | CA Moulins Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Borde[1] |
Area 1 | 27.06 km2 (10.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 423 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 03011 /03460 |
| Elevation | 215–262 m (705–860 ft) (avg. 247 m or 810 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurouërois or Aurouëroises.[3]
Geography
editAurouër is located some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north by north-east of Moulins and 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. The whole eastern border of the commune is the departmental boundary between Allier and Nièvre. Access to the commune is by the D133 road from Villeneuve-sur-Allier in the south-west which passes through the commune and the village and continues east to Saint-Ennemond. The D228 goes north-east from the village to Dornes. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of:
- Les Berthomiers
- Le Bois Canot
- Bonnefond
- Les Cantes
- Champfroid
- Le Charlet
- Les Chenes
- Le Choulton
- Le Domaine Chateau
- Domaine Martin
- Les Durands
- Les Forets
- Les Gallets
- Les Gouffats
- Les Grillets
- La Joubarde
- Lafat
- Lardillat
- La Motte
- La Motte-Ponay
- La Niziere
- La Noue
- Le Ponay
- Les Simonets
- Les Torterats
- Vaucoulmin
- Les Vernes
There are large forested areas in the south-east of the commune with most of the rest farmland.[4]
There are many ponds scattered across the commune from which streams flow towards the west to join the Allier.[4]
Neighbouring communes and villages
editAdministration
editList of Successive Mayors[5]
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Current | Alain Borde[6][7] |
Demography
editIn 2017 the commune had 413 inhabitants.[8] Between 1837 and 1879 it was part of the commune Villeneuve-sur-Allier.[9]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Aurouër (03460)". habitants.fr (in French). SARL Patagos. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Re-elected in 2014: "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton)" [Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton)] (PDF). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative list of communes of Allier] (PDF). maires-allier.fr (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 8 July 2020. p. 1.
- ^ a b Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aurouër, EHESS (in French).
External links
edit- Aurouër on the old IGN website (in French)
- Aurouër on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Aurouer on the 1750 Cassini Map
