Allanche (French pronunciation: [alɑ̃ʃ] ; Occitan : Alancha) is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region of south-central France.
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:
The commune is largely farmland with patches of forest and the edge of a large forest in the east. [3]
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. [3]
![]() | Blazon: Or, two keys saltirewise in sable. |
List of Successive Mayors [4]
From | To | Name |
---|---|---|
1792 | 1800 | Antoine Gabriel Benoid |
1800 | 1802 | Jean Pierre Feydin |
1802 | 1805 | Guillaume Peuvergne |
1805 | 1813 | Jean Pierre Feydin |
1813 | 1830 | Antoine Gabriel Benoid |
1830 | 1838 | Jean Benoit Bertrand |
1838 | 1855 | Jean Pierre Catinaud |
1855 | 1874 | Louis Bonnet |
1874 | 1880 | Gabriel Charles Bonnet |
1880 | 1890 | Jules Magot |
1890 | 1896 | Auguste Dellac |
1896 | 1903 | Henri Bonnet |
1903 | 1904 | Jean Romain Faucillon |
1904 | 1919 | Justin Veisset |
1919 | 1929 | Léon Parlier |
1929 | 1932 | Albert Chastel |
1932 | 1935 | Roger Albeine |
1935 | 1941 | Jules Eugène Farradeche |
From | To | Name | Party |
---|---|---|---|
1941 | 1944 | Léon Parlier | |
1944 | 1948 | Jules Eugène Farradeche | |
1948 | 1971 | Maurice Peschaud | |
1971 | 1995 | Pierre Jarry | |
1995 | 2001 | Christian Léoty | RPR |
2001 | 2008 | André Papon | |
2008 | 2016 | Christian Léoty | LR |
2016 | 2026 | Philippe Rosseel |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Allanchois or Allanchoises in French. [5]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 1,513 | — |
1975 | 1,398 | −1.12% |
1982 | 1,286 | −1.19% |
1990 | 1,220 | −0.66% |
1999 | 1,101 | −1.13% |
2007 | 925 | −2.15% |
2012 | 820 | −2.38% |
2017 | 790 | −0.74% |
Source: INSEE [6] |
The commune has two religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
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