Saint-Sornin, Allier

Saint-Sornin is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Saint-Sornin
Commune
Location of Saint-Sornin
Saint-Sornin Saint-Sornin
Coordinates: 46°24′42″N 3°01′39″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Souvigny
Intercommunality	Bocage Sud
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Daniel Blanchet[1]
Area ^1	19.44 km^2 (7.51 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	225
• Density	12/km^2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03260 /03240
Elevation	344–458 m (1,129–1,503 ft) (avg. 413 m or 1,355 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1968	372	—
1975	333	−10.5%
1982	282	−15.3%
1990	210	−25.5%
1999	225	+7.1%
2007	214	−4.9%
2012	237	+10.7%
2017	225	−5.1%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sights

• Church Saint-Saturnin[4][5] which is a 14th-century and 19th-century building.
• Castle of Montbillon, which is a 17th-century and 19th-century building.

• Pond of La Goutte belonged to the Castle of Saint-Hubert in Chavenon

See also

• Bourbonnais
• Communes of the Allier department

References

1. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative list of communes of Allier] (PDF) (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 4 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. André Guy Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Notre-Dame en Bourbonnais 1968 page 68-69