Ally, Cantal

Ally
Commune
Château of La Vigne
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Coordinates: 45°10′30″N 2°18′57″E / 45.175°N 2.3158°E / 45.175; 2.3158Coordinates: 45°10′30″N 2°18′57″E / 45.175°N 2.3158°E / 45.175; 2.3158
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Mauriac
Canton	Mauriac
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Terrail
Area 1	23.11 km2 (8.92 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	599
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	15003 /15700
Elevation	471–810 m (1,545–2,657 ft) (avg. 720 m or 2,360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Allyçois or Allyçoises^[2]

Geography[]

Ally is located some 60 km south-west of Clermont-Ferrand and some 65 km south-east of Limoges in a straight line. It is at least 30 km from the nearest national highway and access is by district roads the most direct being the D680 which runs north-east from Pleaux and enters the western border of the commune. It goes directly to the town then turns to exit the commune south-east to join with the road D922. The D681 also comes south from Mauriac to the village and the D29 comes from Drugeac in the west by a circuitous route to the village. The commune is mostly farmland although with some mountain slopes and forests in the north.^[3]

The Auze river flows north forming the eastern and then the northern border of the commune before flowing into the Dordogne river south-west of Chalvignac. A number of streams feed this river from the commune including the Ruisseau de Peschaytou, Ruisseau de Terrieu, and Le Sione which forms part of the south-eastern border.^[3]

There are quite a number of hamlets and villages in the commune. These are:

Neighbouring communes and villages[]

^[3]

Administration[]

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List of Successive Mayors of Ally^[4]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2017	Jean-Yves Bony	RPR then UMP then LR	MP for Cantal's 2nd constituency General Counsel
2017	2026	Pascal Terrail

Population[]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	671	—
2007	667	−0.6%
2008	663	−0.6%
2009	663	+0.0%
2010	658	−0.8%
2011	650	−1.2%
2012	643	−1.1%
2013	635	−1.2%
2014	623	−1.9%
2015	618	−0.8%
2016	612	−1.0%

Culture and heritage[]

Civil heritage[]

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Chateau de la Vigne (15th century).^[5] The Chateau contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Mural: Diane bathing (17th century)^[6]
  • A Mural: Atalante and Méléagre (17th century)^[7]
• The Chateau de la Vigne Park^[8]
• The Maison Blanche Windmill (1882)^[9]
• The Pargeat Windmill (1817)^[10]

Religious heritage[]

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

• The Church of Saint-Ferréol (12th century)^[11] was attended by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The church contains a Container for relics: the Martyr Saint Vincent^[12]
• The Church of Saint-Thibaud (11th century)^[13]

Notable People linked to the commune[]

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

See also[]

• Communes of the Cantal department

External links[]

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

References[]

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