Aurouër

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::data[format=table title="Infobox French commune"]

Field	Value
name	Aurouër
commune status	Commune
image	Aurouer Mairie.JPG
caption	The town hall in Aurouër
arrondissement	Moulins
canton	Yzeure
INSEE	03011
postal code	03460
mayor	Yves Lenoir
term	2024–2026
intercommunality	CA Moulins Communauté
coordinates
elevation m	247
elevation min m	215
elevation max m	262
area km2	27.06
population
population date
population footnotes
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Aurouër is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurouërois or Aurouëroises.

Geography

Aurouër is located some 15 km north by north-east of Moulins and 20 km south-east of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. The whole eastern border of the commune is the departmental boundary between Allier and Nièvre. Access to the commune is by the D133 road from Villeneuve-sur-Allier in the south-west which passes through the commune and the village and continues east to Saint-Ennemond. The D228 goes north-east from the village to Dornes. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of:

Les Berthomiers
Le Bois Canot
Bonnefond
Les Cantes
Champfroid
Le Charlet
Les Chenes
Le Choulton
Le Domaine Chateau
Domaine Martin
Les Durands
Les Forets
Les Gallets
Les Gouffats
Les Grillets
La Joubarde
Lafat
Lardillat
La Motte
La Motte-Ponay
La Niziere
La Noue
Le Ponay
Les Simonets
Les Torterats
Vaucoulmin
Les Vernes

There are large forested areas in the south-east of the commune with most of the rest farmland.

There are many ponds scattered across the commune from which streams flow towards the west to join the Allier.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors ::data[format=table]

From	To	Name
2001	2024	Alain Borde
2024	Current	Yves Lenoir
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Demography

In 2017 the commune had 413 inhabitants. Between 1837 and 1879 it was part of the commune Villeneuve-sur-Allier.

| align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = pagr | source = EHESS and INSEE | graph-pos = bottom |1793 |462 |1800 |804 |1806 |350 |1821 |455 |1831 |439 |1836 |378 |1881 |497 |1886 |533 |1891 |581 |1896 |575 |1901 |539 |1906 |530 |1911 |507 |1921 |450 |1926 |429 |1931 |425 |1936 |400 |1946 |398 |1954 |385 |1962 |375 |1968 |310 |1975 |310 |1982 |264 |1990 |302 |1999 |319 |2007 |369 |2012 |398 |2017 |413

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Aurouer_Town_Square.JPG" caption="Aurouër Town Square"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Aurouer_War_Memorial.JPG" caption="Aurouër War Memorial"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Aurouer_Church.JPG" caption="Aurouër Church"] ::

References

(12 March 2025). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
"Aurouër (03460)". SARL Patagos.
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aurou%C3%ABr/@46.6808901,3.2984862,12553m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47f1020d767ea795:0x86c2d35f4a5c4166?hl=en Google Maps]
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(1 April 2015). "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton)".
(8 July 2020). "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier". Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier.
{{Cassini-Ehess. 1929. Aurouër
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-03011#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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