Échassières

Échassières
The La Bouble Viaduct under construction
Échassières
Location within Auvergne region  Échassières
Coordinates: 46°11′07″N 2°56′07″E / 46.1853°N 2.9353°ECoordinates: 46°11′07″N 2°56′07″E / 46.1853°N 2.9353°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Montluçon
Canton	Gannat
Intercommunality	Sioule, Colettes et Bouble
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christian Glodt[1]
Area^1	23.4 km^2 (9.0 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	396
• Density	17/km^2 (44/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	03108 / 03330
Elevation	390–765 m (1,280–2,510 ft) (avg. 620 m or 2,030 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Échassières is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Geography

The river Bouble forms most of the commune's northwestern border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	395	—
1968	602	+52.4%
1975	489	−18.8%
1982	408	−16.6%
1990	349	−14.5%
1999	380	+8.9%
2008	394	+3.7%
2012	396	+0.5%

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

• INSEE

1. "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 (in French). 1 April 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.