Bessay-sur-Allier

Bessay-sur-Allier
The church in Bessay-sur-Allier
Coat of arms
Bessay-sur-Allier
Location within Auvergne region  Bessay-sur-Allier
Coordinates: 46°26′34″N 3°21′48″E / 46.4428°N 3.3633°ECoordinates: 46°26′34″N 3°21′48″E / 46.4428°N 3.3633°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Moulins-2
Intercommunality	Moulins
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Michel Simon
Area^1	34.6 km^2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population (2013)^2	1,393
• Density	40/km^2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	03025 / 03340
Elevation	209–271 m (686–889 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 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.

Bessay-sur-Allier is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,207	—
1968	1,207	+0.0%
1975	1,157	−4.1%
1982	1,331	+15.0%
1990	1,329	−0.2%
1999	1,415	+6.5%
2008	1,417	+0.1%
2013	1,393	−1.7%
Source: INSEE (1968–2013)[1]

Administration

Current mayor is Michel Simon.^[2]

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

• INSEE

1. "2013 legal populations - Bessay-sur-Allier". INSEE (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2016.
2. "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 13 May 2015.