Aurouër

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

Aurouër
Commune
The town hall in Aurouër
Location of Aurouër
Aurouër
Aurouër
Coordinates: 46°41′16″N 3°18′01″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAllier
ArrondissementMoulins
CantonYzeure
IntercommunalityMoulins Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Borde
Area
1
27.06 km2 (10.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
413
 • Density15/km2 (40/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.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurouërois or Aurouëroises.[2]

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.[3]

There are many ponds scattered across the commune from which streams flow towards the west to join the Allier.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
2001CurrentAlain Borde[5][6]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 413 inhabitants.[7] Between 1837 and 1879 it was part of the commune Villeneuve-sur-Allier.[8]

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[8] and INSEE[7]
Aurouër Town Square
Aurouër War Memorial
Aurouër Church

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Aurouër (03460)". habitants.fr (in French). SARL Patagos. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. Google Maps
  4. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  5. 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. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  6. "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. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  8. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aurouër, EHESS. (in French)
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