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Aerial view of Vichy in 2008.
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 Vichy
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Vichy
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| Coordinates: 46°07′40″N 3°25′36″E / 46.1278°N 3.4267°ECoordinates: 46°07′40″N 3°25′36″E / 46.1278°N 3.4267°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Vichy | |
| Canton | Vichy-1 & Vichy-2 | |
| Intercommunality | Vichy Val d'Allier | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Claude Malhuret | |
| Area1 | 5.85 km2 (2.26 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013)2 | 25,325 | |
| • Density | 4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 03310 / 03200 | |
| Elevation | 243–317 m (797–1,040 ft) (avg. 263 m or 863 ft) |
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| Website | ville-vichy.fr | |
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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.
Vichy (/ˈvɪʃi/;French pronunciation: [viʃi]; is a city in the Allier department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France, in the historic province of Bourbonnais.
It is a spa and resort town and in World War II was the seat of government of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944. The term Vichyste indicated collaboration with the Vichy regime, often carrying a pejorative connotation.
Today, the town's inhabitants are called Vichyssois. Up until the 18th century they were more properly known as les Vichois which stems from the Occitan name of the town, Vichèi. The writer Valery Larbaud uses the term Vicaldiens after the Ancient Roman Latin name for the community, aquae calidae (hot waters).
The city enjoys an inland oceanic climate that incorporates some characteristics of a mountain climate because of the nearby Massif Central and Alps. Heavy snows in the Massif Central often make roads impassable, but Vichy is low enough — about 249 metres (817 feet) above sea level — that the climate is more continental than mountain. Rainfall is moderate around Vichy, averaging about 779.5 millimetres (30.7 in) annually.
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