Avermes Explained

Avermes
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason de la ville d'Avermes (03).svg
Arrondissement:Moulins
Canton:Moulins-1
Insee:03013
Postal Code:03000
Mayor:Jean-Luc Albouy[1]
Term:2023 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Moulins Communauté
Coordinates:46.5886°N 3.3081°W
Elevation M:220
Elevation Min M:199
Elevation Max M:262
Area Km2:15.6
Website:avermes.fr

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

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Avermois or Avermoises.[2]

The commune has been awarded two flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.[3]

Geography

Avermes is located in the north-east of Allier department in French: Sologne Bourbonnaise natural region immediately north-west of Moulins. Access to the commune is by Route nationale N7 which comes from Villeneuve-sur-Allier in the north passing through the heart of the commune, with an exit just north of the town, and continues south-east, bypassing Moulins, to Bessay-sur-Allier in the south. The D707 goes from the exit on the N7 in the commune south through the town urban area continuing to Moulins. The centre of the town is accessed by the D283 which loops through the centre from the D707. The D979A forms the eastern border of the commune as it goes from Moulins north-east to Saint-Ennemond. The D29 branches from the D979A just south of the commune and passes through the east of the commune north to join the D133 east of Aurouër. The D29D links the D979A to the D29 in the east of the commune. Apart from the town there are the districts and hamlets of Chavennes, Les Groiteiers, Ravard, Les Gravettes, Les Plantes, Les Petites-Roches, and L'Etang Chateau. The urban area in the commune spreads along the D707 and along the east bank of the river. The east of the commune is farmland.[4]

The Allier river flows along the western border of the commune and through part of the west of the commune as it flows north to join the Loire just east of Cuffy. An unnamed stream rises in the east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Allier. There are also numerous ponds in the commune.

Neighbouring communes and villages

History

Avermes was mentioned for the first time in the 8th century.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[5]

From To Name Party Position
1792 1793 Jean Michel
1793 1795 Antoine du Broc
1795 1804 Joseph Perreuil
1804 1807 Pierre Merle
1807 1815 Louis du Broc
1815 1815 Jean-Baptiste Laurent
1815 1817 Louis du Broc
1817 1830 Antoine Durocher
1830 1830 Petitville
1830 1848 Jean-Baptiste Degrange
1848 1856 Adolphe Perreul
1856 1883 Toussaint Bouchard
1883 1912 Pierre Delvaux
1912 1919 Gueullet
1919 1935 Claude Morand
Mayors from 1935
From To Name
1935 1944 Antoine Page
1944 1947 Aumeunier
1948 1974 François Reveret
1974 1977 Jacques de Fremont
1977 1985 Claude Wormser
1985 2002 René Charrette
2002 2023 Alain Denizot[6] [7]
2023 Current Jean-Luc Albouy[8]

Economy

This is the main suburb of Moulins for both leisure and industrial activities with a fairground (Moulins Foirexpo), a cultural multi-purpose hall (Islea), and two metallurgical factories: JPM ex-Chauvat employing about 400 people, and Potain Cranes which employs about 250 people. These are the two largest employers in the commune with ITM (an Intermarché logistics depot with 200 employees), the Leclerc Centre (distribution with 200 employees), Desamais (hardware with 110 employees), and Chapier (DIY store - 50 employees).

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has one building that is registered as an historical monument:

Other sites of interestThe Home of Champfeu, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries with the large buildings of the old seminary and the large chapel built in his enclosure in 1925 (Route de Paris).

Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024. fr.
  2. Web site: Avermes (03000). habitants.fr. SARL Patagos. 24 January 2016. fr.
  3. http://www.cnvvf.fr/les_villes_et_village_fleuris-47.html Avermes in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom
  4. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Avermes,+France/@46.5920758,3.3186568,12538m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47f11d0f9fbd1451:0xc32b54c6c399302b?hl=en Google Maps
  5. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=20621 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.
  8. Web site: Ariane Bouhours . Jean-Luc Albouy, apparenté PS, élu maire d'Avermes . lamontagne.fr . 28 December 2023 . French . 15 December 2023.
  9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  10. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée