Billy (French pronunciation: [biji] (listen); Occitan: Bilhi) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

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Billy
Commune
Castle
Coat of arms
Location of Billy
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Coordinates: 46°14′14″N 3°25′48″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Intercommunality	Vichy Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Séror[1]
Area 1	10.22 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	783
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03029 /03260
Elevation	235–375 m (771–1,230 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
Website	billy-allier.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

• 
  Billy in the former canton of Varennes-sur-Allier.
• 
  Billy in the Vichy conurbation.
• 
  Billy on the map of Cassini.

History

Between this village and nearby Créchy, lagerstätten have yielded a rich assemblage of fossils from the Oligocene-Miocene boundary (c. 24-23 million years ago).[3]

Population

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

External links

• Town hall website (in French)
• Tourist office website Archived 2021-01-25 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

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[de] Billy (Allier)

[ru] Бийи (Алье)