Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux
Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux | |
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Location of Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux  | |
  Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux  Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux | |
| Coordinates: 46°22′52″N 3°23′59″E / 46.3811°N 3.3997°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Moulins |
| Canton | Neuilly-le-Réal |
| Intercommunality | Varennes Forterre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Annie Fougerouze |
| Area 1 | 40.08 km2 (15.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 436 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 03234 /03340 |
| Elevation | 223–304 m (732–997 ft) (avg. 272 m or 892 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux is a commune. It is found in the Allier department in the center of France.
History
[change | change source]Known as Sancti Giranni de Vallius in 1280, Sainct Juliain de Vaux in 1409, parish of Sancto Juliano in Vallibus in 1240, the commune bore, during the revolutionary period of the National Convention (1792-1795), the name of Mont-Libre.[1][2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Histoire des communes de l'Allier: Arrondissement de Moulins (in French). Editions Horvath. 1986. ISBN 978-2-7171-0366-3.
- ↑ "Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux - Notice Communale". cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
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