Contigny
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Canton | Souvigny | |
| Community association | Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 21 ′ N , 3 ° 18 ′ E | |
| height | 221-307 m | |
| surface | 17.93 km 2 | |
| Residents | 592 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 33 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03500 | |
| INSEE code | 03083 | |
Contigny is a French municipality with 592 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ). It belongs to the canton of Souvigny and the Arrondissement of Moulins .
geography
Contigny is located in the north of the Auvergne in the historic Bourbonnais province , about 26 kilometers south-southwest of the city center of Moulins and about 25 kilometers north-northwest of Vichy . Contigny is surrounded by the neighboring communities Monétay-sur-Allier in the north, La Ferté-Hauterive in the north and north-east, Saint-Loup in the east, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule in the south, Saulcet in the south-west and Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais in the west .
The municipal area is crossed by the Sioule River into which the Douzenan flows on the southern municipal boundary . The former Route nationale 9 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 659 | 630 | 574 | 533 | 542 | 559 | 593 | 614 | 592 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Martial Church, a historic monument since 1927
- La Cour Castle from the 18th century
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Contigny
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 944-945.
