Title: Vichy Content: Vichy  is a commune in central France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, along the Allier river. It is the commune in the department with second largest population after Montluçon. It is in the historic province of Bourbonnais. ==History== Vichy has lots of Spas and resorts. This site was inhabited before the Roman conquest of Gaul.Gros, J.F. (1884). "Vichy in History," Vichy and environs, pp. 83-54. In 1861, Napoleon III visited Vichy several times.Prince, Danforth et al. (2011). Frommer's France, p. 473. During World War II, it was the capital city of Vichy France.Vinen, Richard. (2007). The Unfree French: Life Under the Occupation, p. 45. == Geography == The commune of Vichy is on the southern part of the Allier department. The city is on the right side of the Allier river. The commune has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The distances from Vichy to other cities are: * Paris, the national capital - ; * Lyon, the regional capital - ; * Reims - ; * Bordeaux - ; * Toulouse - ; * Montpellier - ; * Strasbourg - ; * Nantes - ; * Marseille - .  Vichy is surrounded by the communes Creuzier-le-Vieux, Cusset, Le Vernet, Abrest, Bellerive-sur-Allier and Charmeil. === Climate === The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Vichy is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype "Cfb". ==Population== The inhabitants of Vichy are known, in French, as Vichyssois (women: Vichyssoises). With a population of 25,279, Vichy is the second largest city of the Allier department. It has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Vichy Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:40000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:10000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:5000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 33506 bar:1975 from:0 till: 32117 bar:1982 from:0 till: 30527 bar:1990 from:0 till: 27714 bar:1999 from:0 till: 26528 bar:2006 from:0 till: 26108 bar:2014 from:0 till: 25279 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 33506 fontsize:S text: 33,506 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 32117 fontsize:S text: 32,117 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 30527 fontsize:S text: 30,527 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 27714 fontsize:S text: 27,714 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 26528 fontsize:S text: 26,528 shift:(-15,5) bar:2006 at: 26108 fontsize:S text: 26,108 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 25279 fontsize:S text: 25,279 shift:(-15,5) == Administration == Vichy is a subprefecture of the Allier department since 1941; before that year, the subprefecture was in Lapalisse. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Vichy and the administrative centre  of two cantons: * Vichy-1 formed by 3 communes and part of Vichy, with 18,420 inhabitants (2014). * Vichy-2 formed by 2 communes and part of Vichy, with 18,763 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Vichy Communauté. === Sister cities === Vichy is twinned with: * Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany * Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany * Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland * Logroño, La Rioja, Spain * San Giuliano Terme, Tuscany, Italy ==Gallery== File:Hôtel de ville Vichy - Allier.JPG|City hall of Vichy. File:Rue de l'hôtel des postes.jpg|Rue de l'hôtel des postes, pedestrian street. File:Allier a Vichy.jpg|The Allier river in Vichy. File:Vichy-eglise-st-blaise-innen.JPG|Saint-Blaise church, Vichy. File:Castel franc.jpg|Castel Franc, Vichy. ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Vichy * Communes of the Allier department * Capital of France