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Town hall in September 2013
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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| Coordinates: 46°05′58″N 3°26′43″E / 46.0994°N 3.4453°ECoordinates: 46°05′58″N 3°26′43″E / 46.0994°N 3.4453°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Vichy | |
| Canton | Vichy-2 | |
| Intercommunality | Vichy Communauté | |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Patrick Montagner | |
| Area1 | 10.46 km2 (4.04 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)2 | 2,847 | |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 03001 /03200 | |
| Elevation | 251–434 m (823–1,424 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft) |
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| Website | ville-abrest.com | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Abrest (in occitan Abrèt) is a French commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.
The commune is one of the 37 communes in the urban area of Vichy and is also part of Vichy Auvergne countryside.
Its inhabitants are called Abrestois or Abrestoises.
Abrest is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Vichy and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Saint-Yorre. The commune straddles the Allier River with the river forming the western boundary of the commune in the southern portion. Departmental road 131 traverses some hamlets of the commune on the west bank of the Allier while departmental road 906e (former D906): Avenue de Vichy and Avenue de Thiers is on the east bank and passes through the centre of the town from Vichy to Saint-Yorre. The commune also contains Mount Bourbon and Bourbon Lamagne.
The town is traversed by the D906e (former D906) road which links Le Puy-en-Velay, Thiers, Puy-Guillaume, and Saint-Yorre to Vichy which is the main axis of movement. Historically this road was National Highway 106 from Nimes to Saint-Gérand-le-Puy. This route is heavily used by trucks, so could be described as a problematic area.
The town is far from any motorway: the A719 motorway (which enables access to the A71) is 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the west and the A89 motorway (junction Thiers-West) is 30 kilometres (19 mi) away.
The Southwest Bypass (contournement sud-ouest), which aims to divert the flow of heavy vehicles, will be opened in 2016.
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