Échassières
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Vichy | |
| Canton | Gannat | |
| Community association | Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 11 ′ N , 2 ° 56 ′ E | |
| height | 390-765 m | |
| surface | 23.4 km 2 | |
| Residents | 385 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03330 | |
| INSEE code | 03108 | |
Échassières is a central French town and municipality ( commune ) with 385 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Allier department in the north of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (before 2016 Auvergne ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Vichy and the canton of Gannat (until 2015 Ébreuil ).
location
Échassières is located in the Bourbonnais landscape about 43 kilometers west-northwest of Vichy . Échassières is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Lapeyrouse in the north and north-west, Louroux-de-Bouble in the north and north-east, Coutansouze in the east and north-east, Lalizolle in the east and south-east, Nades in the south-east, Servant in the south, Moureuille in the south-west and Durmignat in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 809 | 602 | 489 | 408 | 349 | 380 | 376 | 402 | 390 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Échassières
- church
- Beauvoir castle from the 15th century, monument historique since 1929
- La Bouble Viaduct, built in 1868, has been a historic monument since 2009
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 308-312.
