Bessay-sur-Allier

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Bessay-sur-Allier
Coat of arms of Bessay-sur-Allier
Bessay-sur-Allier (France)
Bessay-sur-Allier
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Allier
Arrondissement Moulins
Canton Moulins-2
Community association Moulins Community
Coordinates 46 ° 27 '  N , 3 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 27 '  N , 3 ° 22'  E
height 209-271 m
surface 34.6 km 2
Residents 1,335 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 03340
INSEE code
Website http://mairie-bessay-sur-allier.fr/

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Bessay-sur-Allier is a French commune with 1,335 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Moulins and the canton of Moulins-2 . The inhabitants are called Bessaytois .

geography

Bessay-sur-Allier is about twelve kilometers south of Moulins am Allier , which borders the municipality in the west, and its tributary Luzeray . Bessay-sur-Allier is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Toulon-sur-Allier in the north, Neuilly-le-Réal in the east, Gouise in the southeast, Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux and La Ferté-Hauterive in the south and Chemilly in the west.

The National Route 7 runs through the municipality .

Since 1853, the municipality has a stop at the railway Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache which trains of TER Auvergne Rhône-Alpes of the connection Moulins - Clermont-Ferrand is served.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 1,207 1,207 1,157 1,331 1,329 1,378 1.405 1,393
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bessay-sur-Allier

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 909-915.

Web links

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