Billy, Allier

Billy (Occitan, Bilhi) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Billy
Commune
Castle
Coat of arms
Location of Billy
Billy Billy
Coordinates: 46°14′14″N 3°25′48″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Intercommunality	Vichy Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Séror[1]
Area ^1	10.22 km^2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	781
• Density	76/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03029 /03260
Elevation	235–375 m (771–1,230 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
Website	billy-allier.fr
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

• 
  Billy in the former canton of Varennes-sur-Allier.
• 
  Billy in the Vichy conurbation.
• 
  Billy on the map of Cassini.

History

Between this village and nearby Créchy, lagerstätten have yielded a rich assemblage of fossils from the Oligocene-Miocene boundary (c. 24-23 million years ago).[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,084	—
1975	912	−2.44%
1982	921	+0.14%
1990	1,007	+1.12%
1999	929	−0.89%
2007	847	−1.15%
2012	838	−0.21%
2017	781	−1.40%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

1. "Patrick Séror est le nouveau maire de Billy (Allier)" [Patrick Séror is the new mayor of Billy, Allier]. La Montagne (in French). 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. Hugueney et al. (2003)
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External liaks

• Town hall website (in French)
• Tourist office website (in French)