Vicq, Allier
Vicq | |
|---|---|
 The church in Vicq | |
Location of Vicq | |
  Vicq Location within France  Vicq Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 46°08′52″N 3°05′34″E / 46.1478°N 3.0928°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Vichy |
| Canton | Gannat |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | Danièle Benayon[1] |
Area 1 | 13.25 km2 (5.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 291 |
| • Density | 22.0/km2 (56.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 03311 /03450 |
| Elevation | 302–437 m (991–1,434 ft) (avg. 326 m or 1,070 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vicq (French pronunciation: [vik]; Occitan: Vic) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.[3]
Vicq comes from vicus, which means central Gallo-Roman administration, on a local scale.
Geography
It is located 13 km from Gannat, 33 km from Vichy and 5 km from Ébreuil.
Administration
| Term | Name |
|---|---|
| 2001–2014 | Jean-François Henry |
| 2014–2018 | Pierre Lenvoisé[4] |
| 2018- | Danièle Benayon[5][6] |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 430 | — |
| 1975 | 342 | −3.22% |
| 1982 | 315 | −1.17% |
| 1990 | 310 | −0.20% |
| 1999 | 300 | −0.36% |
| 2007 | 321 | +0.85% |
| 2012 | 324 | +0.19% |
| 2017 | 331 | +0.43% |
| 2023 | 291 | −2.12% |
| Source: INSEE[7] | ||
Its inhabitants are called Vicquois in French.
Sights
- The 11th-13th century Romanesque church of Saint Maurice, classified as a historic site in 1911.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ INSEE commune file
- ↑ "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative list of communes of Allier] (PDF) (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 19 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑ "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative List of Communes of Allier] (PDF) (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ↑ "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative List of Communes of Allier] (PDF) (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 8 July 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ Base Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Maurice, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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