Billy, Allier
Billy | ||
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Castle | ||
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Billy | ||
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Billy | ||
Coordinates: 46°14′14″N 3°25′48″E / 46.2372°N 3.43°ECoordinates: 46°14′14″N 3°25′48″E / 46.2372°N 3.43°E | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Allier | |
Arrondissement | Vichy | |
Canton | Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule | |
Intercommunality | Vichy Val d'Allier | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Pierre Blanc[1] | |
Area1 | 10.22 km2 (3.95 sq mi) | |
Population (2013)2 | 843 | |
• Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 03029 / 03260 | |
Elevation |
235–375 m (771–1,230 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft) | |
Website | billy-allier.fr | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Billy (Occitan, Bilhi) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Geography
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Billy in the former canton of Varennes-sur-Allier.
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Billy in the Vichy conurbation.
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Billy on the map of Cassini.
History
Between this village and nearby Créchy, lagerstätten have yielded a rich assemblage of fossils from the Oligocene-Miocene boundary (c. 24-23 million years ago).[2]
Population
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 820 | — |
1968 | 1,084 | +32.2% |
1975 | 912 | −15.9% |
1982 | 921 | +1.0% |
1990 | 1,007 | +9.3% |
1999 | 929 | −7.7% |
2008 | 840 | −9.6% |
2013 | 843 | +0.4% |
Source: INSEE (1968–2013[3]) |
See also
References
- INSEE
- Town hall website (French)
- Tourist office website (French)
- ↑ "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton)" [Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton)] (PDF). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ↑ Hugueney et al. (2003)
- ↑ "2013 legal populations - Billy" (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2016.
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