Monétay-sur-Allier
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Canton | Souvigny | |
| Community association | Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 23 ' N , 3 ° 18' E | |
| height | 217-311 m | |
| surface | 11.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 524 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 45 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03500 | |
| INSEE code | 03176 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Monétay-sur-Allier |
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Monétay-sur-Allier is a French commune with a population of 524 (as at 1st January 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
Monétay-sur-Allier is located in the north of the Auvergne in the historic province of Bourbonnais am Allier , about 26 kilometers south-southwest of the city center of Moulins and about 27 kilometers north-northwest of Vichy . Monétay-sur-Allier is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Châtel-de-Neuvre in the north, La Ferté-Hauterive in the east, Contigny in the south, Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais in the southwest and Meillard in the west.
The former Route nationale 9 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 416 | 409 | 362 | 403 | 393 | 461 | 529 | 531 | 505 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Monétay-sur-Allier
- Saint-Sulpice church
- La Grillière Castle, built between 1880 and 1890, has been a monument historique since 1988
- Montcoquier castle ruins
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier . tape 2 . Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 953-955 .
