Andelaroche

Andelaroche (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃dlaʁɔʃ]) is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.

Andelaroche
Commune
The road into Andelaroche
Location of Andelaroche
Andelaroche
Andelaroche
Coordinates: 46°15′22″N 3°45′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAllier
ArrondissementVichy
CantonLapalisse
IntercommunalityPays de Lapalisse
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pascale Richard
Area
1
20.28 km2 (7.83 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
253
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
03004 /03120
Elevation338–534 m (1,109–1,752 ft)
(avg. 428 m or 1,404 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Andelarochois or Andelarochoises.[2]

Geography

Andelaroche is located some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Lapalisse and some 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Marcigny. The D990/D994 road passes through the west of the commune from south-west to north-east. Access to the village is by the minor D424 road from Barrais-Bussolles in the north through the commune and the village then continuing south-east to Saint-Martin-d'Estreaux. The minor D470 road also goes from the village south-west to Droiturier. The commune is mostly farmland with a large forest in the south-east, the Bois de Saint Pierre in the centre, and a few isolated patches of forest towards the north.[3]

The Andan river forms the south-western border of the commune, the Ruisseau de Maupes forms the north-western border, and the Ruisseau de l'Etang Civette forms part of the eastern border. Numerous other streams criss-cross the commune with many small lakes.[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration
The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[4]

FromToNamePartyPosition
1898Jules Jen Marie Dessert
2001CurrentPascale Richard[5][6]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
2006280—    
2007285+1.8%
2008286+0.4%
2009282−1.4%
2010277−1.8%
2011272−1.8%
2012268−1.5%
2013265−1.1%
2014263−0.8%
2015260−1.1%
2016258−0.8%
Andelaroche War Memorial

Sites and monuments
Andelaroche Church
  • There is a church of Romanesque origin but much altered in the 19th century. It is now a composite structure that has lost its original appearance.
  • A street in Andelaroche
  • Andelaroche Landscape
  • A Wayside Cross in Andelaroche

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. "Andelaroche (03120): Public services". habitants.fr (in French). SARL Patagos. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. Google Maps
  4. List of Mayors of France
  5. Re-elected in 2014: "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton)" [Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton)] (PDF). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  6. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative list of communes of Allier] (PDF). maires-allier.fr (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 8 July 2020. p. 1. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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