Haut-Bocage

Haut-Bocage
Commune
1920s era post card from Givarlais (delegated commune)
Location of Haut-Bocage
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Coordinates: 46°28′44″N 2°39′07″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Montluçon
Canton	Huriel
Intercommunality	CC du Val de Cher
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Laprugne[1]
Area ^1	70.64 km^2 (27.27 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	855
• Density	12/km^2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03158 /03190
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Haut-Bocage (French pronunciation: [o bɔkaʒ]; Occitan: Aut Boschatge) is a commune in the Allier department of central France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Maillet, Givarlais and Louroux-Hodement.^[3]

Politics and administration

List of mayors

List of successive mayors of Haut-Bocage

In office		Name	Party	Capacity	Ref.
8 January 2016	Incumbent	Jean-Michel Laprugne			[4]

Former and delegated communes

The mayors of the former communes of Maillet, Givarlais and Louroux-Hodement are by right delegated mayors for each of their respective communes.

List of delegated communes of Haut-Bocage

Delegated commune	INSEE code	Intercommunality	Area (km^2)	Population (2014)	Density (per km^2)
Maillet (seat)	03158	CC du Val de Cher	26.61	896	34
Givarlais	03123	CC du Val de Cher	14.85	246	17
Louroux-Hodement	03153	CC du Val de Cher	29.18	343	12

Population

Population data refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2023.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,080	—
1975	947	−1.86%
1982	838	−1.73%
1990	840	+0.03%
1999	842	+0.03%
2009	950	+1.21%
2014	896	−1.16%
2020	860	−0.68%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Allier department
• List of new French communes created in 2016 [fr]

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. Arrêté préfectoral Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine 17 December 2015 (in French)
4. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" (PDF). Association des maires et présidents d'intercommunalité de l'Allier. 8 July 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE