Place:Allier, France

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NameAllier
TypeDépartement
Coordinates46.417°N 3.033°E
Located inFrance
Also located inAuvergne, France    
Contained Places
Commune
Bourbon-l'Archambault
Montluçon ( 1000 - )
Moulins
Saint-Gérand-le-Puy
Vichy
Inhabited place
Boucé
Commentry
Cusset
Cérilly
Franchesse
Gannat
Huriel
Lapalisse
Le Donjon
Le Montet
Neuilly-en-Donjon
Saint-Desiré
Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux
Saint-Léger-sur-Vouzance
Saint-Menoux
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Souvigny
Varennes-sur-Allier
Yzeure
Ébreuil
Unknown
Bourbon-l'Archaumbault
Couleuvre
Isle-et-Bardais
Laprugne
Mayet-de-Montagne
Theneuille
Valigny
Vaumas
Vicq
Ygrande
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Allier is a department in central France named after the river Allier.

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History

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Allier is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais.

In 1940, the government of Marshal Philippe Pétain chose the town of Vichy as its capital. Vichy also became the department's second sub-prefecture in 1940, since the department now found itself split by the between the occupied and (relatively, at least initially) free zones of France.

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