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Barberier (French pronunciation: [baʁbəʁje]) is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.[3]

Key Information

Geography

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Barberier is located some 17 km (11 mi) north-west of Vichy and some 17 km (11 mi) north by north-east of Gannat. Access to the commune is by the D36 road from Étroussat in the west which passes through the centre of the commune and the village and continues east to join the D2009 east of the commune. The D183 comes from Bayet in the north and also passes through the centre of the commune, intersecting the D36 at the village, continuing south to join the D66 south of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Les Varennes in the south, La Grange Neuve in the east, and Bompré in the north.[4][5]

The Sioule river flows north along the south-eastern border of the commune and continues north to join the Allier north-east of Contigny.[4]

History

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Barberier appears as Barbrier on the 1750 Cassini Map[6] and the same the 1790 version.[7]

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[8]

From To Name
2001 2014 Claude Pornin
2014 Current Philippe Château[9][10]

Demography

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In 2017 the commune had 143 inhabitants.[11]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 310—    
1800 341+1.37%
1806 371+1.42%
1821 379+0.14%
1831 411+0.81%
1836 396−0.74%
1841 368−1.46%
1846 352−0.89%
1851 387+1.91%
1856 381−0.31%
1861 421+2.02%
1866 364−2.87%
1872 365+0.05%
1876 373+0.54%
1881 337−2.01%
1886 314−1.40%
1891 334+1.24%
1896 327−0.42%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 303−1.51%
1906 295−0.53%
1911 283−0.83%
1921 287+0.14%
1926 246−3.04%
1931 271+1.95%
1936 221−4.00%
1946 255+1.44%
1954 225−1.55%
1962 207−1.04%
1968 170−3.23%
1975 125−4.30%
1982 106−2.33%
1990 108+0.23%
1999 107−0.10%
2007 123+1.76%
2012 131+1.27%
2017 143+1.77%
Source: EHESS[12] and INSEE[11]

Sites and monuments

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There are two sites in the commune that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Château of Bompré (15th century)[13]
  • The old Church of Saint André (12th century)[14]

See also

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Bibliography

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  • Raymond d'Azémar, Étroussat, Barberier. Municipal Chronicles from the Revolution to today, Montluçon, 1983 (in French)

References

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