Allanche

Commune

View from Chavanon

Coat of arms

Allanche

Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

Allanche

Coordinates: 45°13′48″N 2°56′07″E / 45.23°N 2.9353°ECoordinates: 45°13′48″N 2°56′07″E / 45.23°N 2.9353°E

Country

Cézallier

Government

• Mayor (2016-2020)

Philippe Rosseel

Area¹

49.89 km² (19.26 sq mi)

Population (2014)²

771

• Density

15/km² (40/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

15001 /15160

Elevation

784–1,295 m (2,572–4,249 ft)
(avg. 968 m or 3,176 ft)

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.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Allanche is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region of south-central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Allanchois or Allanchoises

Allanche is located some 70 km south of Clermont-Ferrand and 20 km east by southeast of Massiac. It can be accessed by the D679 from Marcenat in the northwest to the village then south to Sainte-Anastasie. The D39 comes from Pradiers in the north through the village then south to Chalinargues. The D9 road branches off the D3 to the west of the commune and passes through the village continuing to the northeast. Apart from the village there are a number of hamlets. These are:

The commune is largely farmland with patches of forest and the edge of a large forest in the east.

The Allanche river flows from the northwest through the village and continues southeast to feed the Alagnon river. Many tributaries feed the Allanche in the commune including the Ruisseau de Laneyrat, the Ruisseau de Coudoun, the Ruisseau de Chavanon, the Ruisseau de Vernois, and other unnamed streams.

Or, two keys saltirewise in sable.

List of Successive Mayors

(Not all data is known)

In 2010 the commune had 891 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

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