Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Encyclopedia
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule is a commune
in the Allier
department in central France
.
and 32 km (19.9 mi) south of Moulins
on the Route nationale 9
.
The river Bouble
forms part of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Sioule
, which flows north-northeast through the commune and crosses the town.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Allier
Allier
Allier is a department in central France named after the river Allier.- History :Allier is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais.In 1940, the government of Marshal...
department in central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
The commune is located 28 km (17.4 mi) north of VichyVichy
Vichy is a commune in the department of Allier in Auvergne in central France. It belongs to the historic province of Bourbonnais.It is known as a spa and resort town and was the de facto capital of Vichy France during the World War II Nazi German occupation from 1940 to 1944.The town's inhabitants...
and 32 km (19.9 mi) south of Moulins
Moulins, Allier
Moulins is a commune in central France, capital of the Allier department.Among its many tourist attractions are the Maison Mantin the Anne de Beaujeu Museum.-History:...
on the Route nationale 9
Route nationale 9
The Route nationale 9, or RN 9, is a trunk road in France between Moulins and the frontier with Spain.-Reclassification:Much of the route of the RN 9 has now been/or in the process of being upgraded or replaced by the A75 autoroute in particular the section south of Clermont Ferrand to Béziers...
.
The river Bouble
Bouble
The Bouble is a long river in the Allier and Puy-de-Dôme départements, south central France. Its source is at Gouttières. It flows generally northeast...
forms part of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Sioule
Sioule
The Sioule is a long river in central France, left tributary of the river Allier. Its source is near the village Orcival, north of Mont-Dore, in the Massif Central. The Sioule has cut a deep gorge, especially in its upper course...
, which flows north-northeast through the commune and crosses the town.
Population
Personalities
- French diplomat and cryptographer Blaise de VigenèreBlaise de VigenèreBlaise de Vigenère was a French diplomat and cryptographer. The Vigenère cipher is so named due to the cipher being incorrectly attributed to him in the 19th century....
was born in the town in 1523.