Marcenat (Allier)
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Canton | Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule | |
| Community association | Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 14 ' N , 3 ° 24' E | |
| height | 234-287 m | |
| surface | 18.07 km 2 | |
| Residents | 405 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 22 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03260 | |
| INSEE code | 03160 | |
| Website | http://marcenat.planet-allier.com/ | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Marcenat |
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Marcenat is a French municipality with 405 inhabitants (as of 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 Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule .
geography
Marcenat is about 38 kilometers south of Moulins and 13 kilometers north-northwest of Vichy am Allier , which borders the municipality in the east. Marcenat is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Paray-sous-Briailles in the north, Créchy in the northeast, Billy in the east, Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat in the south, Saint-Didier-la-Forêt in the west and Loriges in the northwest.
In the municipality of Billy, the Billy-Marcenat stop was on the Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache railway line, which is no longer served today.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
| Residents | 382 | 359 | 291 | 349 | 330 | 303 | 354 | 370 | 403 |
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Attractions
- Saint Martin Church
- Le Lonzat Castle, seat or residence of Marshal Pétain during the Vichy regime
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier . tape 2 . Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 951-953 .
