Le Vernet, Allier

Le Vernet is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Le Vernet
Commune
Town hall in 2014
Coat of arms
Location of Le Vernet
Le Vernet Show map of France Le Vernet Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 46°06′34″N 3°27′49″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Lapalisse
Intercommunality	Vichy Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Aguiar[1]
Area ^1	10.07 km^2 (3.89 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	1,941
• Density	190/km^2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03306 /03200
Elevation	279–504 m (915–1,654 ft) (avg. 320 m or 1,050 ft)
^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.	±%
1793	1,410	—
1800	889	−37.0%
1806	931	+4.7%
1821	1,056	+13.4%
1831	1,072	+1.5%
1836	1,119	+4.4%
1841	1,050	−6.2%
1846	1,087	+3.5%
1851	1,060	−2.5%
1856	1,019	−3.9%
1861	1,089	+6.9%
1866	1,058	−2.8%
1872	1,033	−2.4%
1876	1,037	+0.4%
1881	981	−5.4%
1886	984	+0.3%
1891	992	+0.8%
1896	981	−1.1%
1901	902	−8.1%
1906	886	−1.8%
1911	784	−11.5%
1921	592	−24.5%
1926	643	+8.6%
1931	670	+4.2%
1936	642	−4.2%
1946	578	−10.0%
1954	725	+25.4%
1962	771	+6.3%
1968	883	+14.5%
1975	985	+11.6%
1982	1,175	+19.3%
1990	1,430	+21.7%
1999	1,585	+10.8%
2006	1,751	+10.5%
2013	1,932	+10.3%
Source: Cassini[3] & Insee (2006[4] & 2013[5] census)

Administration

• 1793–1801: member of the canton of Vichy[3]
• 1801–1892: member of the canton of Cusset[3]
• 1892–1973: member of the canton of Vichy[3]
• 1973–1985: member of the canton of Vichy-Sud[3]
• 1985–2015: member of the canton of Cusset-Sud[3]
• 2015–: member of the canton of Lapalisse[6]

List of Mayors

• 1977–2001: Gérard Charasse
• 2001–2014: Patrick Argout
• 2014–current: Bernard Aguiar[1]

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

• INSEE

1. "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.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. "Cassini".
4. INSEE. "2006 census".
5. INSEE. "2013 census".
6. "2014-265 decree" (in French). 27 February 2014.