Vichy
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Vichy is a city in the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, central France, in the historic province of Bourbonnais.
Aerial view of Vichy
The Opera in Vichy. In this building, the parliament of the French Third Republic decided to grant full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain, thereby terminating the republican regime and inaugurating Vichy France (10 July 1940).
Town hall in 2014.
Share of the Soc. Nouvelle des Eaux Minérales Naturelles de Vichy, issued 19 February 1900
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-west. Named after the river Allier, it had a population of 334,872 in 2021. Moulins is the prefecture; Montluçon and Vichy are the subprefectures. Its INSEE and post code is 03.
Prefecture building in Moulins
Château de Billy
Moulins
Hérisson