Allanche

Allanche
View from Chavanon
Coat of arms
Allanche
Location within Auvergne region  Allanche
Coordinates: 45°13′48″N 2°56′07″E / 45.23°N 2.9353°E / 45.23; 2.9353Coordinates: 45°13′48″N 2°56′07″E / 45.23°N 2.9353°E / 45.23; 2.9353
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Saint-Flour
Canton	Allanche
Intercommunality	Cézallier
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Christian Léoty
Area1	49.89 km2 (19.26 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	891
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	15001 / 15160
Elevation	784–1,295 m (2,572–4,249 ft) (avg. 968 m or 3,176 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Allanche is a French commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region of south-central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Allanchois or Allanchoises^[1]

Geography

Allanche is located some 70 km south of Clermont-Ferrand and 20 km east by southeast of Massiac. It can be accessed by the D679 from Marcenat in the northwest to the village then south to Sainte-Anastasie. The D39 comes from Pradiers in the north through the village then south to Chalinargues. The D9 road branches off the D3 to the west of the commune and passes through the village continuing to the northeast. Apart from the village there are a number of hamlets. These are:

• Chastre
• Chavanon
• Coudour
• Feydit
• Le Bac Bas
• Le Bac Haut
• Les Cites
• Maillargues
• Roche Haut
• Romaniargues

The commune is largely farmland with patches of forest and the edge of a large forest in the east.^[2]

The Allanche river flows from the northwest through the village and continues southeast to feed the Alagnon river. Many tributaries feed the Allanche in the commune including the Ruisseau de Laneyrat, the Ruisseau de Coudoun, the Ruisseau de Chavanon, the Ruisseau de Vernois, and other unnamed streams.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

	Marcenat	Pradiers	Moledes
	Ségur-les-Villas		Charmensac
		Allanche
	Dienne	Sainte-Anastasie	Peyrusse

Heraldry

Blazon: Or, two keys saltirewise in sable.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[3]

Mayors from 1941

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 891 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

• The former Château de Mercoeur (15th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[4]
• At Allanche station from May to September there is the Vélorail Cézallier for tourists.
• In the south-west of the commune are the Pinatelle Allanche mountains.

Religious heritage

The commune has two religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Church of Saint-Julien-de-Chanet (12th century).^[5] The church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • The main Altar and Retable (17th century)^[6]
  • A Statue: Virgin and child (15th century)^[7]
  • A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century)^[8]
  • A Painting: the Adoration of the Magi (16th century)^[9]
  • Bas-reliefs (16th century)^[10]
• The Church of Saint John the Baptist (12th century).^[11] The church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Sculpture: Ecce homo (15th century)^[12]
  • An Eagle Lectern (17th century)^[13]
  • A Bronze Bell (1671)^[14]
  • A set of Pews (16th century)^[15]
  • A Reliquary-Monstrance (15th century)^[16]
  • A Processional Cross (15th century)^[17]

Other religious sites of interest

• The Presbytery contains a Reliquary (15th century) that is registered as an historical object.^[18]
• The Church of Chanet contains a Processional Cross (15th century) which is registered as an historical object.^[19]

Church of Saint John the Baptist Picture Gallery

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  The church

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  Entrance and Tower

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  The entrance

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  The pieta in the church

Notable people linked to the commune

• Charles Ganilh (1758-1836), economist, was born in Allanche.

See also

• Communes of the Cantal department
• Cantons of the Cantal department
• Arrondissements of the Cantal department

Bibliography

• Our Auvergne ancestors, the Auvergne migration to Brittany, Serge Duigou, Éditions Ressac, Quimper, 2004. [On the Cézallier migratory movement to Brittany in the 18th and 19th centuries which included Allanche together with Albaret, Chabrier, Laymet, Mainhes, etc..] (French)

External links

• Allanche on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Allanche on Lion1906
• Allanche on Google Maps
• Allanche on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Allanche on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Allanche on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)

Notes and references

Notes

1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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