Vicq, Allier

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Vicq
Commune
The church in Vicq
Location of Vicq
(2020–2026)		Danièle Benayon^[1]
Area ¹	13.25 km² (5.12 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	293
• Density	22/km² (57/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03311 /03450
Elevation	302–437 m (991–1,434 ft) (avg. 326 m or 1,070 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vicq (French pronunciation: [vik]; Occitan: Vic) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.^[3]

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^[4]
2018-	Danièle Benayon^[5]^[6]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	430	—
1975	342	−3.22%
1982	315	−1.17%
1990	310	−0.20%
1999	300	−0.36%
2009	326	+0.83%
2014	330	+0.24%
2020	297	−1.74%
Source: INSEE^[7]

Its inhabitants are called Vicquois in French.

Sights

The 11th-13th century Romanesque church of Saint Maurice, classified as a historic site in 1911.^[8]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative list of communes of Allier] (PDF) (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 19 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
^ "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative List of Communes of Allier] (PDF) (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
^ "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative List of Communes of Allier] (PDF) (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Base Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Maurice, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)