Avermes
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Canton | Moulins-1 | |
| Community association | Moulins Community | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 35 ' N , 3 ° 18' E | |
| height | 199-262 m | |
| surface | 15.6 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,966 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 254 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03000 | |
| INSEE code | 03013 | |
| Website | www.avermes.fr | |
 Saint-Michel church in Avermes |
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Avermes is a French commune in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes with 3966 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). Administratively it is assigned to the canton of Moulins-1 and the arrondissement of Moulins . The inhabitants are called Avermois .
geography
Avermes is located in the north of the Auvergne in the historic Bourbonnais province on the east bank of the Allier River . Avermes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Trévol in the north, Gennetines in the north-east, Yzeure in the east and south-east, Moulins in the south, Neuvy in the west and south-west and Montilly in the north-west. Avermes is a Moulins banlieue .
The National Route 7 runs through the municipality .
history
Avermes was first mentioned in a document in the 8th century.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| Residents | 1.311 | 2.007 | 2,780 | 3,286 | 3,892 | 3,966 | 3,843 | 3,794 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Avermes
- Segange Castle, built in the Renaissance style in the 15th and 16th centuries, monument historique since 1938
- House Champfeu, built in the 17th and 18th centuries
- Church of Saint-Michel (also called: Church of Notre-Dame de la Salette ) from the 19th century, monument historique since 2003
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 839-840.
