Bessay-sur-Allier

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bessay-sur-Allier

(2020–2026) Didier Paqueriaud^[1]Area

34.6 km² (13.4 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,365 • Density39/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

03025 /03340

Elevation209–271 m (686–889 ft)
(avg. 220 m or 720 ft)Websitemairie-bessay-sur-allier.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bessay-sur-Allier (French pronunciation: [bɛsɛ syʁ alje], literally Bessay on Allier) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,207	—
1975	1,157	−0.60%
1982	1,331	+2.02%
1990	1,329	−0.02%
1999	1,378	+0.40%
2007	1,417	+0.35%
2012	1,390	−0.38%
2017	1,335	−0.80%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Administration

The current mayor is Didier Paqueriaud, elected in 2020.^[1]

External links

Town hall website (in French)

References

^ ^a ^b "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE