Billezois

Billezois
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Coat of arms
Billezois
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Billezois
Coordinates: 46°12′39″N 3°34′23″E / 46.2108°N 3.5731°ECoordinates: 46°12′39″N 3°34′23″E / 46.2108°N 3.5731°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Lapalisse
Intercommunality	Pays de Lapalisse
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Yves Planche[1]
Area^1	15.68 km^2 (6.05 sq mi)
Population (2013)^2	391
• Density	25/km^2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	03028 / 03120
Elevation	287–353 m (942–1,158 ft) (avg. 318 m or 1,043 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Billezois (Occitan, Bilhasés) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Geography

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  Billezois in the canton of Lapalisse (before March 2015).

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  Billezois in the Pays de Lapalisse intercommunality.

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  Billezois on the map of Cassini (end of the 18th century).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	249	—
1968	306	+22.9%
1975	292	−4.6%
1982	297	+1.7%
1990	345	+16.2%
1999	346	+0.3%
2008	377	+9.0%
2013	391	+3.7%
Source: INSEE (1968–2013[2])

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

• INSEE

1. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative list of communes of Allier] (PDF) (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
2. "2013 legal populations - Billezois". INSEE (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2016.