Le Vernet, Allier

Le Vernet (French pronunciation: [lə vɛʁnɛ]) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Le Vernet
Commune
Town hall in 2014
Coat of arms
Location of Le Vernet
Le Vernet Show map of France Le Vernet Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coordinates: 46°06′34″N 3°27′49″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Lapalisse
Intercommunality	CA Vichy Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Aguiar[1]
Area 1	10.07 km2 (3.89 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,913
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03306 /03200
Elevation	279–504 m (915–1,654 ft) (avg. 320 m or 1,050 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,410 —     1800 889 −6.38% 1806 931 +0.77% 1821 1,056 +0.84% 1831 1,072 +0.15% 1836 1,119 +0.86% 1841 1,050 −1.26% 1846 1,087 +0.70% 1851 1,060 −0.50% 1856 1,019 −0.79% 1861 1,089 +1.34% 1866 1,058 −0.58% 1872 1,033 −0.40% 1876 1,037 +0.10% 1881 981 −1.10% 1886 984 +0.06% 1891 992 +0.16% 1896 981 −0.22%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 902 −1.67% 1906 886 −0.36% 1911 784 −2.42% 1921 592 −2.77% 1926 643 +1.67% 1931 670 +0.83% 1936 642 −0.85% 1946 578 −1.04% 1954 725 +2.87% 1962 771 +0.77% 1968 883 +2.29% 1975 985 +1.57% 1982 1,175 +2.55% 1990 1,430 +2.49% 1999 1,585 +1.15% 2007 1,757 +1.30% 2012 1,934 +1.94% 2017 1,941 +0.07%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[4]

Administration

• 1793–1801: member of the canton of Vichy^[3]
• 1801–1892: member of the canton of Cusset^[3]
• 1892–1973: member of the canton of Vichy^[3]
• 1973–1985: member of the canton of Vichy-Sud^[3]
• 1985–2015: member of the canton of Cusset-Sud^[3]
• 2015–: member of the canton of Lapalisse^[5]

List of mayors

• 1977–2001: Gérard Charasse
• 2001–2014: Patrick Argout
• 2014–current: Bernard Aguiar^[6][1]

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Vernet, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "2014-265 decree" (in French). 27 February 2014.
6. "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. 19 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2016.