Aurouër

Aurouër
Commune
The town hall in Aurouër
Location of Aurouër
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Coordinates: 46°41′16″N 3°18′01″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Yzeure
Intercommunality	CA Moulins Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Borde[1]
Area ^1	27.06 km^2 (10.45 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	423
• Density	16/km^2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03011 /03460
Elevation	215–262 m (705–860 ft) (avg. 247 m or 810 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aurouër is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurouërois or Aurouëroises.^[3]

Geography

Aurouër is located some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north by north-east of Moulins and 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. The whole eastern border of the commune is the departmental boundary between Allier and Nièvre. Access to the commune is by the D133 road from Villeneuve-sur-Allier in the south-west which passes through the commune and the village and continues east to Saint-Ennemond. The D228 goes north-east from the village to Dornes. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of:

• Les Berthomiers
• Le Bois Canot
• Bonnefond
• Les Cantes
• Champfroid
• Le Charlet
• Les Chenes
• Le Choulton
• Le Domaine Chateau
• Domaine Martin
• Les Durands
• Les Forets
• Les Gallets
• Les Gouffats
• Les Grillets
• La Joubarde
• Lafat
• Lardillat
• La Motte
• La Motte-Ponay
• La Niziere
• La Noue
• Le Ponay
• Les Simonets
• Les Torterats
• Vaucoulmin
• Les Vernes

There are large forested areas in the south-east of the commune with most of the rest farmland.^[4]

There are many ponds scattered across the commune from which streams flow towards the west to join the Allier.^[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages

^[4]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[5]

From	To	Name
2001	Current	Alain Borde[6][7]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 413 inhabitants.^[8] Between 1837 and 1879 it was part of the commune Villeneuve-sur-Allier.^[9]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 462 —     1800 804 +8.24% 1806 350 −12.94% 1821 455 +1.76% 1831 439 −0.36% 1836 378 −2.95% 1881 497 +0.61% 1886 533 +1.41% 1891 581 +1.74% 1896 575 −0.21% 1901 539 −1.28% 1906 530 −0.34% 1911 507 −0.88% 1921 450 −1.19%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1926 429 −0.95% 1931 425 −0.19% 1936 400 −1.21% 1946 398 −0.05% 1954 385 −0.41% 1962 375 −0.33% 1968 310 −3.12% 1975 310 +0.00% 1982 264 −2.27% 1990 302 +1.70% 1999 319 +0.61% 2007 369 +1.84% 2012 398 +1.52% 2017 413 +0.74%
Source: EHESS[9] and INSEE[8]

Aurouër Town Square

Aurouër War Memorial

Aurouër Church

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Aurouër (03460)". habitants.fr (in French). SARL Patagos. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
4. Google Maps
5. List of Mayors of France (in French)
6. Re-elected in 2014: "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.
7. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative list of communes of Allier] (PDF). maires-allier.fr (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 8 July 2020. p. 1.
8. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
9. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aurouër, EHESS (in French).

External links

• Aurouër on the old IGN website (in French)
• Aurouër on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Aurouer on the 1750 Cassini Map