Editing Allouis

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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Allouis
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = F-18500-Allouis-église.jpg
|caption                = The church in Allouis
|image coat of arms     = 
|arrondissement         = Vierzon
|canton                 = Mehun-sur-Yèvre
|INSEE                  = 18005
|postal code            = 18500
|mayor                  = Annick Bienbeau<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté de communes Terres du Haut Berry|CC Terres du Haut Berry]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|47.1661|2.2272|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 129
|elevation min m        = 126
|elevation max m        = 129
|area km2               = 35.59
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Allouis''' ({{IPA|fr|alwi}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Cher (department)|Cher]] [[Departments of France|department]] of the Centre-Val de Loire [[region of France]] in the valley of the river [[Yèvre (Cher)|Yèvre]], about {{convert|10|mi|km}} northwest of [[Bourges]].

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-18005#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |551
|1975 |562
|1982 |639
|1990 |706
|1999 |771
|2007 |908
|2012 |973
|2017 |1071
}}

==Radio transmitter==
{{Main|Allouis longwave transmitter}}
Since 1939, the town of Allouis has housed the central [[transmitter]] station for long and short wave broadcasts of French national radio [[France Inter]]. In 1944, retreating German troops destroyed its four-latticed mast antenna system.

On 19 October 1952 a new long wave transmitter with an output of 250&nbsp;kW was put into service at Allouis. Transmitting power was increased to 600&nbsp;kW in 1957, to 1,000&nbsp;kW in 1974 and to 2,000&nbsp;kW in 1981.

Since 1977 the Allouis transmitter also transmits standard time signals for [[Amplitude modulation signalling system|AMDS]].

The radio channel France Inter discontinued the longwave transmitting (162&nbsp;kHz) end of 2016.

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Cher department]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Allouis}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_1iOqxcx5M Installation of ALLISS modules at the TDF SW relay station]

{{Cher communes}}

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[[Category:Communes of Cher (department)]]