Sorbier

Sorbier
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Moulins-2
Community association	Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire
Coordinates	46 ° 22 ′  N , 3 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 22 ′  N , 3 ° 40 ′  E
height	266-394 m
surface	17.09 km 2
Residents	315 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	18 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	03220
INSEE code	03274
Website	http://www.mairie-sorbier.fr/
Town hall (Mairie) of Sorbier

Sorbier is a French municipality with 315 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Vichy and the canton of Moulins-2 (until 2015 Jaligny-sur-Besbre ).

geography

Sorbier is about 35 kilometers southeast of Moulins and about 32 kilometers northeast of Vichy . Sorbier is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Châtelperron in the north, Saint-Léon in the northeast, Montcombroux-les-Mines in the east, Bert in the southeast, Varennes-sur-Tèche in the south and Chavroches in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2016
Residents	515	471	422	364	310	307	280	289	313
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Sorbier

• Notre-Dame church
• Terreneuve Castle from 1835
• Domain Les Chartiers from the 15th century

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier . tape 1 . Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 523-524 .

Web links

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