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Billy | |
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Coordinates: 46°14′14″N 3°25′48″E / 46.2372°N 3.43°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Allier |
Arrondissement | Vichy |
Canton | Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule |
Intercommunality | CA Vichy Communauté |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Séror [1] |
Area 1 | 10.22 km2 (3.95 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 810 |
• Density | 79/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
03029 /03260 |
Elevation | 235–375 m (771–1,230 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft) |
Website | billy-allier.fr |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Billy (French pronunciation: [biji] ⓘ; Occitan: Bilhi) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
Between this village and nearby Créchy, lagerstätten have yielded a rich assemblage of fossils from the Oligocene- Miocene boundary (c. 24-23 million years ago). [3]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,084 | — |
1975 | 912 | −2.44% |
1982 | 921 | +0.14% |
1990 | 1,007 | +1.12% |
1999 | 929 | −0.89% |
2007 | 847 | −1.15% |
2012 | 838 | −0.21% |
2017 | 781 | −1.40% |
Source: INSEE [4] |