Allier

Allier is a French department placed in the Auvergne Rhone Alpes region of primary France named after the river Allier. The records of Allier correspond to the Duchy of Bourbon with which it stocks nearly the complete territory. Allier is one of the original 83 departments created in the course of the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It turned into made out of components of the previous provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais. In 1940, the government of Marshal Philippe Petain chose the town of Vichy as its capital.

Vichy additionally have become the departments second sub prefecture in 1940, for the reason that branch now determined it break up by way of the demarcation line among the occupied and unfastened zones of France. The industries maximum represented are the food industry wood and furnishings, chemical, foundries and metalworking, rubber, machinery and electrical equipment, car, weaponry, textiles, building, and the spas. According to studies by using INSEE agriculture would be about 7 to 8% of departmental gross domestic product.