Vicq, Allier Explained

Vicq
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Vichy
Canton:	Gannat
Insee:	03311
Postal Code:	03450
Mayor:	Danièle Benayon^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne
Coordinates:	46.1478°N 3.0928°W
Elevation M:	326
Elevation Min M:	302
Elevation Max M:	437
Area Km2:	13.25

Vicq (in French pronounced as /vik/; Occitan (post 1500);: Vic) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.^[2]

Vicq comes from vicus, which means central Gallo-Roman administration, on a local scale.

Geography

It is located 13 km from Gannat, 33 km from Vichy and 5 km from Ébreuil.

Administration

List of mayors

Term	Name
2001–2014	Jean-François Henry
2014–2018	Pierre Lenvoisé^[3]
2018-	Danièle Benayon^[4] ^[5]

Population

Its inhabitants are called Vicquois in French.

Sights

• The 11th-13th century Romanesque church of Saint Maurice, classified as a historic site in 1911.

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

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. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM03311-vicq INSEE commune file
3. Web site: Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier. Nominative list of communes of Allier. Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 23 May 2016. 19 April 2016. fr. https://web.archive.org/web/20160602025139/http://www.maires-allier.fr/contenu/fck/file/LISTE%20NOMINATIVE%20DES%20COMMUNES%20MAJ%2019%2004%202016.pdf. 2 June 2016. dead. dmy-all.
4. Web site: Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier. Nominative List of Communes of Allier. Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 15 May 2018. 27 September 2018. fr.
5. Web site: Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier. Nominative List of Communes of Allier. Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 8 July 2020. 18 November 2020. fr.