Vichy
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Vichy Vichèi | |
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Coordinates: 46°07′40″N 3°25′36″E / 46.1278°N 3.4267°ECoordinates: 46°07′40″N 3°25′36″E / 46.1278°N 3.4267°E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Depairtment | Allier |
Arrondissement | Vichy |
Intercommunality | Vichy Val d'Allier |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Claude Malhuret |
Area 1 | 5.85 km2 (2.26 sq mi) |
Population (2011)2 | 24,992 |
• Density | 4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 03310 /03200 |
Elevation | 243–317 m (797–1,040 ft) (avg. 263 m or 863 ft) |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
Vichy (/ˈvɪʃi/;[1] French pronunciation: [viʃi]; Occitan: Vichèi) is a ceety in the Allier depairtment, Auvergne, central Fraunce.
It is kent as a spa an resort toun an wis the seat o govrenment an de facto caipital o Vichy Fraunce during the Warld War II Nazi German occupation frae 1940 tae 1944.