Allier (Department, France)

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Flag of Allier - Image by Ivan Sache, 12 November 2000

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Administrative data

Code: 03
Region: Auvergne
Traditional provinces: Bourbonnais, Auvergne, Nivernais
Bordering departments: Cher, Creuse, Loire, Nièvre, Puy-de-Dôme, Saône-et-Loire

Area: 7,340 km²
Population (1995): 352, 500 inhabitants

Préfecture: Moulins
Sous-préfectures: Montluçon, Vichy
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 35 cantons, 320 communes.

The department is named after the river Allier (41 km), tributary of the Loire.

Flag of Allier

The flag of Allier, as used in the town of Moulins, is red with the coat of arms of the departement. Unsurprisingly, the departement has retained for coat of arms the arms of Bourbonnais, D'azur semé de fleurs de lis d'or à la cotice de gueules brochant sur le tout ("Azure a semy of fleurs-de-lis or a cotice gules all over").
The General Council of Allier does not have a specific flag.

Pascal Vagnat, 12 November 2000