Vicq, Allier

Vicq (French pronunciation: [vik]; Occitan: Vic) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.^[3]

Vicq
Commune
The church in Vicq
Location of Vicq
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Coordinates: 46°08′52″N 3°05′34″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Gannat
Intercommunality	Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Danièle Benayon[1]
Area 1	13.25 km2 (5.12 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	293
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03311 /03450
Elevation	302–437 m (991–1,434 ft) (avg. 326 m or 1,070 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vicq comes from vicus, which means central Gallo-Roman administration, on a local scale.

Geography

It is located 13 km from Gannat, 33 km from Vichy and 5 km from Ébreuil.

Administration

List of mayors

Term	Name
2001–2014	Jean-François Henry
2014–2018	Pierre Lenvoisé[4]
2018-	Danièle Benayon[5][6]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	430	—
1975	342	−3.22%
1982	315	−1.17%
1990	310	−0.20%
1999	300	−0.36%
2009	326	+0.83%
2014	330	+0.24%
2020	297	−1.74%
Source: INSEE[7]

Its inhabitants are called Vicquois in French.

Sights

• The 11th-13th century Romanesque church of Saint Maurice, classified as a historic site in 1911.^[8]

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. INSEE commune file
4. "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. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
5. "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. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
8. Base Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Maurice, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)