Editing Allier (section)

{{short description|Department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France}}
{{about|the French department}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Allier
| native_name             = {{native name|oc|Alèir}}
| native_name_lang        = oc
| type                    = [[Departments of France|Department]]
| image_skyline           = Moulins (Allier) Hôtel de préfecture 003.jpg
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           = [[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] building in [[Moulins, Allier|Moulins]]
| image_flag              = Drapeau fr département Allier.svg
| flag_alt                = Unofficial flag
| image_shield            = Blason comte fr Clermont (Bourbon).svg
| shield_alt              = Unofficial shield
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| image_map               = Allier-Position.svg
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| map_caption             = Location of Allier in France
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| coordinates             = {{coord|46|20|N|3|10|E|region:FR_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[France]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of France|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]]
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| established_date        =
| founder                 =
| seat_type               = [[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]]
| seat                    = [[Moulins, Allier|Moulins]]
| parts_type              = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefectures]]
| parts_style             = para
| p1                      = [[Montluçon]]<br />[[Vichy]]
| government_footnotes    =
| leader_party            = [[Union of Democrats and Independents|UDI]]
| leader_title            = [[List of presidents of departmental councils (France)|President of the Departmental Council]]
| leader_name             = Claude Riboulet<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/601ef073-d986-4582-8e1a-ed14dc857fba|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
| unit_pref               = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
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| area_footnotes          = {{ref|area|1}}
| area_total_km2          = 7340
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| population_total        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
| population_as_of        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_footnotes    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}}
| population_rank         = [[List of French departments by population|69th]]
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| blank_name_sec1         = [[Departments of France|Department number]]
| blank_info_sec1         = 03
| blank_name_sec2         = [[Arrondissements of France|Arrondissements]]
| blank_info_sec2         = [[Arrondissements of the Allier department|3]]
| blank1_name_sec2        = [[Cantons of France|Cantons]]
| blank1_info_sec2        = [[Cantons of the Allier department|19]]
| blank2_name_sec2        = [[Communes of France|Communes]]
| blank2_info_sec2        = [[communes of the Allier department|317]]
| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
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| footnotes               = {{note|area|1}} French Land Register data, which excludes [[estuary|estuaries]], and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
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'''Allier''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|æ|l|i|eɪ}} {{respell|AL|ee|ay}},<ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Allier |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229005004/https://www.lexico.com/definition/allier |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-12-29 |title=Allier |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|US|æ|l|ˈ|j|eɪ|,_|ɑː|l|ˈ|j|eɪ}} {{respell|a(h)l|YAY}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/allier|title=Allier|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Allier|access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|fr|alje|lang|Fr-Paris--Allier.ogg}}; {{langx|oc|Alèir}}) is a [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]] that borders [[Cher (department)|Cher]] to the west, [[Nièvre]] to the north, [[Saône-et-Loire]] and [[Loire (department)|Loire]] to the east, [[Puy-de-Dôme]] to the south, and [[Creuse]] to the south-west. Named after the river [[Allier (river)|Allier]], it had a population of 334,872 in 2021.<ref name=pop2021>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/7728806/dep03.pdf Populations légales 2021: 03 Allier], INSEE (in French)</ref> [[Moulins, Allier|Moulins]] is the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]]; [[Montluçon]] and [[Vichy]] are the [[Subprefectures in France|subprefectures]]. Its [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (France)|INSEE]] and [[Postal codes in France|post code]] is 03.

Before 2018, the inhabitants of the department did not have a demonym. The inhabitants of the department have officially been known in French as ''Bourbonnais'' since 2018, a reference to the historic province of [[Bourbonnais]]. Until then, the unofficial term ''Elavérins'' had been used.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cooke |first1=Virginie |title=Les habitants de l'Allier vont officiellement s'appeler les Bourbonnais |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/allier/habitants-allier-vont-officiellement-s-appeler-bourbonnais-1555084.html |publisher=France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |access-date=28 February 2019 |language=fr |date=9 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ména |first1=Stéphanie |title=Les habitants de l'Allier auront officiellement un nouveau nom ce jeudi : les Bourbonnais ! |url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/moulins/allier/2018/10/18/les-habitants-de-l-allier-auront-officiellement-un-nom-ce-jeudi-les-bourbonnais_13002333.html |website=La Montagne |access-date=28 February 2019 |language=fr |date=18 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ALLIER |url=https://www.habitants.fr/allier-03 |website=habitants.fr |publisher=SARL Patagos |access-date=28 February 2019 |language=fr}}</ref>