Le Veurdre
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Canton | Bourbon l'Archambault | |
| Community association | Moulins Community | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 45 ′ N , 3 ° 2 ′ E | |
| height | 182-241 m | |
| surface | 21.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 455 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 22 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03320 | |
| INSEE code | 03309 | |
Le Veurdre is a French municipality with 455 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Moulins and the canton of Bourbon-l'Archambault (until 2015 Lurcy-Lévis ).
geography
Le Veurdre is about thirty kilometers northwest of Moulins on the Allier . Le Veurdre is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Château-sur-Allier in the north and north-west, Livry in the east and north-east, Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy in the south-east, Limoise in the south, Pouzy-Mésangy in the south and south-west and Neure in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 698 | 717 | 699 | 604 | 595 | 578 | 550 | 497 | 454 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Le Veurdre
- Saint-Hippolyte church from the 11th century
- Saint-Mayol chapel, a historic monument since 1974
- La Beaume Castle, Monument historique since 1991
- Beauregard Castle, Monument historique since 1991
- La Charnée Castle
- Bridge over the Allier
Personalities
- Serge Lepeltier (* 1953), politician, French environment minister (2004/2005), mayor of Bourges (1995–2004, 2005–2014)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier . tape 1 . Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 583-587 .
Web links
Commons : Le Veurdre - collection of images, videos and audio files
