Allier
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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-we
Prefecture building in Moulins
Château de Billy
Moulins
Hérisson
Vichy
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Vichy is a city in the central French department of Allier. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the de facto administrative capital of Vichy Fran
Allier
…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…
Aerial view of Vichy in 2023.
The Opera in Vichy. In this building, parliamentarians of the French Third Republic granted full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain on 10 July 1940.
The Hôtel de Ville
Share of the New Society of Natural Mineral Waters of Vichy, issued 19 February 1900