Allier (Department, France)

Last modified: 2002-07-20 by ivan sache
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by Ivan Sache

• Administrative data
• Flag of the department

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
• Clickable map of France (departments)
• Allier (Department, France): Municipal flags
  • Montluçon
  • Vichy

Administrative data

Code: 03
Region: Auvergne
Traditional provinces: Bourbonnais, Auvergne, Nivernais
Bordering departments: Cher, Creuse, Loire, Nièvre, Puy-de-Dôme, Saône-et-Loire

Area: 7,340 km²
Population (1995): 352, 500 inhabitants

Préfecture: Moulins
Sous-préfectures: Montluçon, Vichy
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 35 cantons, 320 communes.

The department is named after the river Allier (41 km), tributary of Loire.

Flag of the department

The departemental flag has a red field charged with the coat of arms of the departement. Unsurprisingly, the departement has retained for coat of arms the arms of Bourbonnais. The flag is used in the city of Moulins.

The coat of arms can be described as follows:

D'azur semé de fleurs de lys d'or, à la cotice de gueules brochant sur le tout.

The General Council does not have a specific flag.

Source: Pascal Vagnat's website

Ivan Sache, 12 November 2000