Rocles (Allier)
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Canton | Souvigny | |
| Community association | Bocage Bourbonnais | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 25 ′ N , 3 ° 2 ′ E | |
| height | 355-460 m | |
| surface | 21.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 380 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03240 | |
| INSEE code | 03214 | |
Rocles is a French municipality with 380 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 (until 2015: canton of Le Montet ) and the arrondissement of Moulins .
geography
Rocles is located in the north of the Auvergne in the historic province of Bourbonnais , about 30 kilometers southwest of the city center of Moulins and about 45 kilometers north-northwest of Vichy . Rocles is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Hilaire in the north, Gipcy in the northeast, Tronget in the east, Le Montet in the south, Saint-Sornin in the south and southwest and Buxières-les-Mines in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 363 | 363 | 382 | 419 | 367 | 373 | 362 | 390 | 379 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Rocles (Allier)
- St-Saturnin church with stoup from the 12th century ( Monument historique )
- Priory, built in 1780
- La Lande castle from the 14th century, monument historique since 2001
- Franchesse Castle
Personalities
- Marcel Génermont (1891–1983), architect and art historian
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier . tape 2 . Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 696-697 .
