Avermes

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

Avermes
Commune
The Atlas factory
Coat of arms
Location of Avermes
Avermes
Avermes
Coordinates: 46°35′19″N 3°18′29″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAllier
ArrondissementMoulins
CantonMoulins-1
IntercommunalityMoulins Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Denizot
Area
1
15.6 km2 (6.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,966
 • Density250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
03013 /03000
Elevation199–262 m (653–860 ft)
(avg. 220 m or 720 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 Avermois or Avermoises.[2]

The commune has been awarded two flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.[3]

Geography

Avermes is located in the north-east of Allier department in Sologne Bourbonnaise natural region immediately north-west of Moulins. Access to the commune is by Route nationale N7 which comes from Villeneuve-sur-Allier in the north passing through the heart of the commune, with an exit just north of the town, and continues south-east, bypassing Moulins, to Bessay-sur-Allier in the south. The D707 goes from the exit on the N7 in the commune south through the town urban area continuing to Moulins. The centre of the town is accessed by the D283 which loops through the centre from the D707. The D979A forms the eastern border of the commune as it goes from Moulins north-east to Saint-Ennemond. The D29 branches from the D979A just south of the commune and passes through the east of the commune north to join the D133 east of Aurouër. The D29D links the D979A to the D29 in the east of the commune. Apart from the town there are the districts and hamlets of Chavennes, Les Groiteiers, Ravard, Les Gravettes, Les Plantes, Les Petites-Roches, and L'Etang Chateau. The urban area in the commune spreads along the D707 and along the east bank of the river. The east of the commune is farmland.[4]

The Allier river flows along the western border of the commune and through part of the west of the commune as it flows north to join the Loire just east of Cuffy. An unnamed stream rises in the east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Allier. There are also numerous ponds in the commune.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

Avermes was mentioned for the first time in the 8th century.

Heraldry
Arms of Avermes
 Blazon:

Argent three fesses Sable, a bend the same charged with 3 fesses Argent, surcharged at 1 with a rose Gules seeded and barbed the same, at 2 a mullet Gules of 6 points pierced, at 3 a Celtic Crosslet the same.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

Mayors from the French Revolution to 1935
FromToNamePartyPosition
17921793Jean Michel
17931795Antoine du Broc
17951804Joseph Perreuil
18041807Pierre Merle
18071815Louis du Broc
18151815Jean-Baptiste Laurent
18151817Louis du Broc
18171830Antoine Durocher
18301830Petitville
18301848Jean-Baptiste Degrange
18481856Adolphe Perreul
18561883Toussaint Bouchard
18831912Pierre Delvaux
19121919Gueullet
19191935Claude Morand
Mayors from 1935
FromToNamePartyPosition
19351944Antoine Page
19441947Aumeunier
19481974François Reveret
19741977Jacques de Fremont
19771985Claude Wormser
19852002René Charrette
2002CurrentAlain Denizot[6][7]

(Not all data is known)

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
20043,852—    
20063,843−0.2%
20073,827−0.4%
20083,814−0.3%
20093,802−0.3%
20103,808+0.2%
20113,794−0.4%
20123,818+0.6%
20133,838+0.5%
20143,859+0.5%
20153,897+1.0%
20163,907+0.3%

Economy
The Leclerc Centre

This is the main suburb of Moulins for both leisure and industrial activities with a fairground (Moulins Foirexpo), a cultural multi-purpose hall (Islea), and two metallurgical factories: JPM ex-Chauvat employing about 400 people, and Potain Cranes which employs about 250 people. These are the two largest employers in the commune with ITM (an Intermarché logistics depot with 200 employees), the Leclerc Centre (distribution with 200 employees), Desamais (hardware with 110 employees), and Chapier (DIY store - 50 employees).

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has one building that is registered as an historical monument:

  • The Chateau of Segange (15th century)[8]
Other sites of interest

The Home of Champfeu, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries with the large buildings of the old seminary and the large chapel built in his enclosure in 1925 (Route de Paris).

Religious heritage
The Church of Saint Michel

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

  • The Church of Saint Michel or Notre-Dame de la Salette (1871).[9] The church is built in bi-coloured bricks, grey and light grey (Volvic stone).

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
    2. "Avermes (03000)". habitants.fr (in French). SARL Patagos. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
    3. Avermes in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in French)
    4. 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. Retrieved 13 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. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
    8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00092980 Chateau of Segange (in French)
    9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA03000018 Church of Saint Michel (in French)
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