Moulins, Allier
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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| Coordinates: 46°33′55″N 3°20′00″E / 46.5653°N 3.3333°ECoordinates: 46°33′55″N 3°20′00″E / 46.5653°N 3.3333°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Intercommunality | Urban Community of Moulins | |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Pierre-André Périssol (LR) | |
| Area1 | 8.61 km2 (3.32 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 18,959 | |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 03190 / 03000 | |
| Elevation | 202–240 m (663–787 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft) |
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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.
The city of Moulins (French: [mu.lɛ̃]) is a commune in central France, capital of the Allier department. It is located on the Allier River.
Among its many tourist attractions are the Maison Mantin, the Anne de Beaujeu Museum and The National Center of Costume and Scenography.
Moulins is located on the banks of the Allier River.
Before the French Revolution, Moulins was the capital of the province of Bourbonnais and the seat of the Dukes of Bourbon. It appears in documented records at least as far back as the year 990. In 1232, Archambaud VIII, Sire de Bourbon granted a franchise to the village's inhabitants.
The town achieved greater prominence in 1327, when Charles IV elevated Louis I de Clermont to Duke of Bourbon. Either Louis or the later Peter II, Duke of Bourbon and of Auvergne moved the capital of the province from Bourbon-l'Archambault to Moulins.
In February 1566 it became eponymous to the Edict of Mills, an important royal ordinance dealing with many aspects of the administration of justice and feudal and ecclesiastical privilege, including limitations on the appanages held by French princes, abrogation of the levy of rights of tallage claimed by seigneurs over their dependants, and provisions for a system of concessions on rivers.
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