Barberier

Barberier is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.[2]

Barberier
Commune
The old Church of Saint André
Location of Barberier
Barberier Barberier
Coordinates: 46°13′08″N 3°14′48″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Gannat
Intercommunality	Pays Saint-Pourcinois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Château
Area ^1	8.08 km^2 (3.12 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	143
• Density	18/km^2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03016 /03140
Elevation	254–290 m (833–951 ft) (avg. 269 m or 883 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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.[3][4]

The Sioule river flows north along the south-eastern border of the commune and continues north to join the Allier north-east of Contigny.[3]

History

Barberier appears as Barbrier on the 1750 Cassini Map[5] and the same the 1790 version.[6]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[7]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	Claude Pornin
2014	Current	Philippe Château[8][9]

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 143 inhabitants.[10]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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[11] and INSEE[10]

Sites and monuments

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

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

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

Bibliography

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

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Barberier on Lion1906
3. Barberier on Google Maps
4. Barberier on the Géoportail from IGN (in French)
5. Barbrier on the 1750 Cassini Map
6. Barbrier on the 1790 Cassini Map
7. List of Mayors of France (in French)
8. "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.
9. "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 31 July 2020.
10. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
11. Données Cassini, EHESS
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00093381 Château of Bompré (in French)
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00092982 Church of Saint André (in French)