Allanche

Allanche
Commune
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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	Murat
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Rosseel
Area 1	49.89 km2 (19.26 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	805
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Allanchois or Allanchoises^[2]

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.^[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]

Neighbouring communes and villages[]

^[3]

Heraldry[]

Blazon: Or, two keys saltirewise in sable.

Administration[]

List of Successive Mayors^[4]

Mayors from 1941

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

Population[]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	947	—
2007	925	−2.3%
2008	903	−2.4%
2009	897	−0.7%
2010	891	−0.7%
2011	855	−4.0%
2012	820	−4.1%
2013	784	−4.4%
2014	771	−1.7%
2015	759	−1.6%
2016	776	+2.2%

Culture and heritage[]

Civil heritage[]

• The former Château de Mercoeur (15th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[5]
• 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).^[6] The church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • The main Altar and Retable (17th century)^[7]
  • A Statue: Virgin and child (15th century)^[8]
  • A Group Sculpture: Virgin of Pity (16th century)^[9]
  • A Painting: the Adoration of the Magi (16th century)^[10]
  • Bas-reliefs (16th century)^[11]
• The Church of Saint John the Baptist (12th century).^[12] The church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Sculpture: Ecce homo (15th century)^[13]
  • An Eagle Lectern (17th century)^[14]
  • A Bronze Bell (1671)^[15]
  • A set of Pews (16th century)^[16]
  • A Reliquary-Monstrance (15th century)^[17]
  • A Processional Cross (15th century)^[18]

Other religious sites of interest

• The Presbytery contains a Reliquary (15th century) that is registered as an historical object.^[19]
• The Church of Chanet contains a Processional Cross (15th century) which is registered as an historical object.^[20]

Church of Saint John the Baptist Picture Gallery[]

• 

  The church

• 

  Entrance and Tower

• 

  The entrance

• 

  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..] (in French)

External links[]

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

References[]

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