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Moulins, Allier

Field	Value
name	Moulins
commune status	Prefecture and commune
image	Moulins - Perspective3.JPG
caption	Views of Moulins
coordinates
arrondissement	Moulins
canton	Moulins-1 and 2
intercommunality	CA Moulins Communauté
mayor	Pierre-André Périssol
term	2020–2026
party	LR
elevation m	220
elevation min m	202
elevation max m	240
area km2	8.61
population
population date
population footnotes
INSEE	03190
postal code	03000
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Moulins (Allier).svg
website	ville-moulins.fr

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Moulins (Allier).svg

Moulins (, Molins in Bourbonnais oïl dialect) is a commune in central France, capital of the Allier department. It is located on the river Allier.

Among its many tourist attractions are the Maison Mantin, the Anne de Beaujeu Museum, and The National Center of Costume and Scenography.

Geography

Moulins is located on the banks of the river Allier.

Moulins-sur-Allier station, in the centre of the town, has direct trains to Paris (Gare de Bercy), which take about 2 hours 25 minutes. The A79 motorway passes south of the town. Montbeugny Airport is a small airport located near Moulins.

History

Before the French Revolution, Moulins was the capital of the province of Bourbonnais and the seat of the Dukes of Bourbon. It appears in documented records at least as far back as the year 990. In 1232, Archambaud VIII, Sire de Bourbon granted a franchise to the village's inhabitants.

The town achieved greater prominence in 1327, when Charles IV elevated Louis I de Clermont to Duke of Bourbon. Either Louis or the later Peter II, Duke of Bourbon and of Auvergne moved the capital of the province from Bourbon-l'Archambault to Moulins.

:Note: This article in French suggests Pierre II moved the capital, while the local tourism website (also in French) suggests it was Louis I.

In February 1566 it became eponymous to the Edict of Moulins, an important royal ordinance dealing with many aspects of the administration of justice and feudal and ecclesiastical privilege, including limitations on the appanages held by French princes, abrogation of the levy of rights of tallage claimed by seigneurs over their dependants, and provisions for a system of concessions on rivers.

This was the birthplace of the great 19th-century operatic baritone and art collector Jean-Baptiste Faure. In the 20th century, Coco Chanel went to school in Moulins as an orphan, before moving to Paris, where she became a fashion designer and major innovator in women's clothing.

Politics and administration

Territorial division

Moulins is the prefecture of Allier, even though it is not the most populated commune of the department.

Elections to municipal and intercommunal councils

Mayors of Moulins

The position of mayor has existed in Moulins since 1518. The current mayor is Pierre-André Périssol, in office since 1995 and last re-elected at the 2020 elections.

In office	Name	Party	Ref.
August 1944	May 1945	Jean Dufloux
May 1945	October 1947	Henri Gromolard	CNR
October 1947	March 1959	Maurice Tinland
March 1959	1971	Jacques Pligot	RI
1971	1989	Hector Rolland	RPR
1989	25 June 1995	Paul Chauvat	DVD
25 June 1995	Incumbent	Pierre-André Périssol	RPR then UMP then LR

Other elections

Election	2nd round	1st	%	%	3rd	%	%	1st	%	%	3rd	%	Single round election only.	2015 - Regional	2017 - Presidential	2017 - Legislative	No 3rd party.	2019 - European	2020 - Municipal
Union for a Popular Movement}};"	UMP	25.04	National Rally}};"	FN	21.53	Socialist Party (France)}};"	PS	16.31	Union of Democrats and Independents}};"	UDI	10.74
Union for a Popular Movement}};"	UMP	38.14	Socialist Party (France)}};"	PS	22.93	National Rally}};"	FN	20.52	French Communist Party}};"	PCF	7.90	Union for a Popular Movement}};"	UMP	44.77	Socialist Party (France)}};"	PS-PCF-EELV	36.81	National Rally}};"	FN	18.42
La République En Marche!}};"	LREM	26.61	The Republicans (France)}};"	LR	21.15	La France Insoumise}};"	LFI	19.94	National Rally}};"	FN	18.22	La République En Marche!}};"	LREM	70.71	National Rally}};"	FN	29.29
The Republicans (France)}};"	LR	29.79	La République En Marche!}};"	LREM	28.61	French Communist Party}};"	PCF	17.28	National Rally}};"	FN	8.54	La République En Marche!}};"	LREM	50.42	French Communist Party}};"	PCF	49.58
National Rally}};"	FN	22.71	La République En Marche!}};"	LREM	21.77	The Republicans (France)}};"	LR	11.93	Europe Ecology – The Greens}};"	EELV	9.82
The Republicans (France)}};"	LR	45.89	Miscellaneous right}};"	DVD	29.70	French Communist Party}};"	PCF	21.83	Lutte Ouvrière}};"	LO	2.56	The Republicans (France)}};"	LR	48.14	Miscellaneous right}};"	DVD	30.82	French Communist Party}};"	PCF	21.03

International relations

Moulins is twinned with:

GER Bad Vilbel, Germany since 26 October 1990
ITA Montepulciano, Italy

Population

|graph-pos = bottom |1793 |13249 |1800 |13509 |1806 |14101 |1821 |13697 |1831 |14672 |1836 |15231 |1841 |15377 |1846 |17110 |1851 |17318 |1856 |18069 |1861 |17581 |1866 |19890 |1872 |20385 |1876 |21774 |1881 |21156 |1886 |21721 |1891 |22665 |1896 |22215 |1901 |22340 |1906 |21888 |1911 |21990 |1921 |22968 |1926 |23306 |1931 |22225 |1936 |22369 |1946 |23254 |1954 |24441 |1962 |23909 |1968 |25979 |1975 |26067 |1982 |25159 |1990 |22799 |1999 |21892 |2007 |20251 |2012 |18959 |2017 |19664

Museums

Centre National du Costume de Scene (museum)

Notable people

Antoine Gilbert Griffet de Labaume (1756–1805), translator and man of letters
Théodore de Banville (1823–1891), poet and playwright
Jean Pastelot (1820–1870), painter and caricaturist
Coco Chanel, fashion designer, started as a cabaret singer
Philippe N'Dioro, footballer
Jean-Luc Perrot (born 1959), pipe organ player and composer
Stéphane Risacher, basketball player for the French national team
Jean-Baptiste Faure, opera singer
Samuel Paty, slain teacher
Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653–1734), Marshal General of France
Gilbert Mercier (1957), author of "The Orwellian Empire" and journalist
Louis Jacques Brunet (1811), ancient professor of natural history
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (1670–1734)
Rahel Shtainshnaider, footballer
Antoine Dauvergne (1713-1797), composer

Notable companies

Decauville factory
Manitowoc Company

Climate

|Jan record high C = 18.2 |Feb record high C = 25.8 |Mar record high C = 26.0 |Apr record high C = 29.6 |May record high C = 33.2 |Jun record high C = 40.9 |Jul record high C = 43.2 |Aug record high C = 42.0 |Sep record high C = 36.1 |Oct record high C = 31.9 |Nov record high C = 23.6 |Dec record high C = 19.0 |Jan record low C = -21.0 |Feb record low C = -19.0 |Mar record low C = -12.0 |Apr record low C = -5.3 |May record low C = -1.2 |Jun record low C = 2.2 |Jul record low C = 5.0 |Aug record low C = 3.0 |Sep record low C = -0.9 |Oct record low C = -6.8 |Nov record low C = -9.0 |Dec record low C = -15.2 |access-date=14 December 2024}}}}

References

(6 June 2023). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
Faure, Henri. "Histoire de Moulins".
Thierry, Augustin. (1853). "Essais sur la formation et les progrès du Tiers-État".
{{Cassini-Ehess. 24214. Moulins
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-03190#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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