Bessay-sur-Allier

Bessay-sur-Allier is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Bessay-sur-Allier
Commune
The church in Bessay-sur-Allier
Coat of arms
Location of Bessay-sur-Allier
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Coordinates: 46°26′34″N 3°21′48″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Moulins-2
Intercommunality	Moulins
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Paqueriaud[1]
Area ^1	34.6 km^2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	1,335
• Density	39/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03025 /03340
Elevation	209–271 m (686–889 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
Website	mairie-bessay-sur-allier.fr
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,207	—
1968	1,207	+0.0%
1975	1,157	−4.1%
1982	1,331	+15.0%
1990	1,329	−0.2%
1999	1,415	+6.5%
2008	1,417	+0.1%
2013	1,393	−1.7%
Source: INSEE (1968–2013)[3]

Administration

Current mayor is Michel Simon.[4]

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

External links

• Town hall website (in French)

References

1. "Didier Paqueriaud, nouveau maire de Bessay-sur-Allier" [Didier Paqueriaud, new mayor of Bessay-sur-Allier]. La Montagne (in French). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. "2013 legal populations - Bessay-sur-Allier". INSEE (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2016.
4. "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 (in French). 1 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.