Vichy

Vichy
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	Vichy Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Vichy
	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
Area1	5.85 km2 (2.26 sq mi)
Population (2011)2	24,992
• Density	4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Simmer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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 in Auvergne in 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.

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Vichy is twinned wi:^[2]