Aurouër

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Aurouër
Commune
The town hall in Aurouër
The town hall in Aurouër
Location of Aurouër
Map
Aurouër is located in France
Aurouër
Aurouër
Aurouër is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Aurouër
Aurouër
Coordinates: 46°41′16″N 3°18′01″E / 46.6878°N 3.3003°E / 46.6878; 3.3003
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAllier
ArrondissementMoulins
CantonYzeure
IntercommunalityCA Moulins Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Borde[1]
Area
1
27.06 km2 (10.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
411
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
03011 /03460
Elevation215–262 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.

Aurouër is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurouërois or Aurouëroises.[3]

Geography

Aurouër 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

[4]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

From To Name
2001 Current Alain Borde[6][7]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 413 inhabitants.[8] Between 1837 and 1879 it was part of the commune Villeneuve-sur-Allier.[9]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 462—    
1800 804+8.24%
1806 350−12.94%
1821 455+1.76%
1831 439−0.36%
1836 378−2.95%
1881 497+0.61%
1886 533+1.41%
1891 581+1.74%
1896 575−0.21%
1901 539−1.28%
1906 530−0.34%
1911 507−0.88%
1921 450−1.19%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1926 429−0.95%
1931 425−0.19%
1936 400−1.21%
1946 398−0.05%
1954 385−0.41%
1962 375−0.33%
1968 310−3.12%
1975 310+0.00%
1982 264−2.27%
1990 302+1.70%
1999 319+0.61%
2007 369+1.84%
2012 398+1.52%
2017 413+0.74%
Source: EHESS[9] and INSEE[8]
Aurouër Town Square
Aurouër War Memorial
Aurouër Church

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Aurouër (03460)". habitants.fr (in French). SARL Patagos. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Google Maps
  5. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ a b Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  9. ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aurouër, EHESS (in French).
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