Andelaroche Explained

Andelaroche
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Vichy
Canton:	Lapalisse
Insee:	03004
Postal Code:	03120
Mayor:	Pascale Richard^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Pays de Lapalisse
Coordinates:	46.2561°N 3.75°W
Elevation M:	428
Elevation Min M:	338
Elevation Max M:	534
Area Km2:	20.28
Demonym:	Andelarochois

Andelaroche (in French pronounced as /ɑ̃dlaʁɔʃ/) is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Andelarochois or Andelarochoises.^{[2] [3]}

Geography

Andelaroche is located some 10km (10miles) east of Lapalisse and some 25km (16miles) west of Marcigny. The D990/D994 road passes through the west of the commune from south-west to north-east. Access to the village is by the minor D424 road from Barrais-Bussolles in the north through the commune and the village then continuing south-east to Saint-Martin-d'Estreaux. The minor D470 road also goes from the village south-west to Droiturier. The commune is mostly farmland with a large forest in the south-east, the Bois de Saint Pierre in the centre, and a few isolated patches of forest towards the north.^[4]

The Andan river forms the south-western border of the commune, the Ruisseau de Maupes forms the north-western border, and the Ruisseau de l'Etang Civette forms part of the eastern border. Numerous other streams criss-cross the commune with many small lakes.^[4]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[5]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1898		Jules Jen Marie Dessert
2001	Current	Pascale Richard^[6] ^[7]

Population

Sites and monuments

• There is a church of Romanesque origin but much altered in the 19th century. It is now a composite structure that has lost its original appearance.

Andelaroche Picture Gallery

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

External links

• Andelaroche on the National Geographic Institute website
• Andelaroche on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
• Ande la Roche on the 1750 Cassini Map

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. Web site: Andelaroche (03120): Public services. habitants.fr. SARL Patagos. 23 January 2016. fr.
3. Web site: Communauté de communes du Pays de Lapalisse . tresordesregions.mgm.fr . 29 May 2024 . French.
4. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Andelaroche,+France/@46.2479694,3.7399981,6303m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47f14e2376d84829:0x4093cafcbebcb40?hl=en Google Maps
5. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=515 List of Mayors of France
6. Re-elected in 2014: Web site: Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton) . Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton) . Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier . 1 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095821/http://www.maires-allier.fr/contenu/fck/LISTE%20NOMINATIVE%20DES%20COMMUNES%20MAJ%2018122014.pdf . 18 May 2015 .
7. Web site: Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier . Nominative list of communes of Allier . maires-allier.fr . Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier . 1 . fr . 8 July 2020 . 29 July 2020 . 4 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201004083439/http://www.maires-allier.fr/sites/site03.innogam.fr/files/LISTE%20NOMINATIVE%20DES%20COMMUNES%20DE%20L%27ALLIER%20MAJ%2008.07.2020.pdf . dead .