# Avermes

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**Avermes** (avɛʁm) is a [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) in the [Allier](/source/Allier) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in the [Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes](/source/Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes) region of central [France](/source/France).

The inhabitants of the commune are known as *Avermois* or *Avermoises*.[2]

The commune has been awarded **two flowers** by the *National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom* in the *Competition of cities and villages in Bloom*.[3]

## Geography

Avermes is located in the north-east of Allier department in **Sologne Bourbonnaise** natural region immediately north-west of [Moulins](/source/Moulins,_Allier). Access to the commune is by [Route nationale](/source/Route_nationale) N7 which comes from [Villeneuve-sur-Allier](/source/Villeneuve-sur-Allier) in the north passing through the heart of the commune, with an exit just north of the town, and continues south-east, bypassing Moulins, to [Bessay-sur-Allier](/source/Bessay-sur-Allier) in the south. The D707 goes from the exit on the N7 in the commune south through the town urban area continuing to Moulins. The centre of the town is accessed by the D283 which loops through the centre from the D707. The D979A forms the eastern border of the commune as it goes from Moulins north-east to [Saint-Ennemond](/source/Saint-Ennemond). The D29 branches from the D979A just south of the commune and passes through the east of the commune north to join the D133 east of [Aurouër](/source/Aurou%C3%ABr). The D29D links the D979A to the D29 in the east of the commune. Apart from the town there are the districts and hamlets of Chavennes, Les Groiteiers, Ravard, Les Gravettes, Les Plantes, Les Petites-Roches, and L'Etang Chateau. The urban area in the commune spreads along the D707 and along the east bank of the river. The east of the commune is farmland.[4]

The [Allier river](/source/Allier_(river)) flows along the western border of the commune and through part of the west of the commune as it flows north to join the [Loire](/source/Loire) just east of [Cuffy](/source/Cuffy,_Cher). An unnamed stream rises in the east of the commune and flows south-west to join the Allier. There are also numerous ponds in the commune.

## History

Avermes was mentioned for the first time in the 8th century.

## Administration

**List of Successive Mayors**[5]

From To Name Party Position 1792 1793 Jean Michel 1793 1795 Antoine du Broc 1795 1804 Joseph Perreuil 1804 1807 Pierre Merle 1807 1815 Louis du Broc 1815 1815 Jean-Baptiste Laurent 1815 1817 Louis du Broc 1817 1830 Antoine Durocher 1830 1830 Petitville 1830 1848 Jean-Baptiste Degrange 1848 1856 Adolphe Perreul 1856 1883 Toussaint Bouchard 1883 1912 Pierre Delvaux 1912 1919 Gueullet 1919 1935 Claude Morand

**[Mayors](/source/Mayor_(France)) from 1935**

From To Name 1935 1944 Antoine Page 1944 1947 Aumeunier 1948 1974 François Reveret 1974 1977 Jacques de Fremont 1977 1985 Claude Wormser 1985 2002 René Charrette 2002 2023 Alain Denizot[6][7] 2023 Current Jean-Luc Albouy[8]

## Population

Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1968 2,007 — 1975 2,780 +38.5% 1982 3,286 +18.2% 1990 3,892 +18.4% 1999 3,966 +1.9% 2007 3,827 −3.5% 2012 3,818 −0.2% 2017 3,966 +3.9% 2023 4,074 +2.7%

INSEE[9]

## Economy

This is the main suburb of [Moulins](/source/Moulins,_Allier) for both leisure and industrial activities with a fairground (Moulins Foirexpo), a cultural multi-purpose hall (Islea), and two metallurgical factories: JPM ex-Chauvat employing about 400 people, and Potain Cranes which employs about 250 people. These are the two largest employers in the commune with ITM (an Intermarché logistics depot with 200 employees), the Leclerc Centre (distribution with 200 employees), Desamais (hardware with 110 employees), and Chapier (DIY store - 50 employees).

## Culture and heritage

### Civil heritage

The commune has one building that is registered as an historical monument:

- The **Chateau of Segange** (15th century)[10]

**Other sites of interest**

The **Home of Champfeu**, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries with the large buildings of the old seminary and the large chapel built in his enclosure in 1925 (Route de Paris).

### Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

- The **Church of Saint Michel or Notre-Dame de la Salette** (1871).[11] The church is built in bi-coloured bricks, grey and light grey (Volvic stone).

## See also

- [Communes of the Allier department](/source/Communes_of_the_Allier_department)

## References

1. ["Répertoire national des élus: les maires"](https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503) (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.

1. ["Avermes (03000)"](http://www.habitants.fr/avermes) (in French). *habitants.fr*. SARL Patagos. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

1. [Avermes in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom](http://www.cnvvf.fr/les_villes_et_village_fleuris-47.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141210053901/http://www.cnvvf.fr/les_villes_et_village_fleuris-47.html) December 10, 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

1. [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Avermes,+France/@46.5920758,3.3186568,12538m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x47f11d0f9fbd1451:0xc32b54c6c399302b?hl=en)

1. [List of Mayors of France](https://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=20621) (in French)

1. Re-elected in 2014: ["Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095821/http://www.maires-allier.fr/contenu/fck/LISTE%20NOMINATIVE%20DES%20COMMUNES%20MAJ%2018122014.pdf) [Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton)]. *Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier*. 1 April 2015. Archived from [the original](http://www.maires-allier.fr/contenu/fck/LISTE%20NOMINATIVE%20DES%20COMMUNES%20MAJ%2018122014.pdf) on 18 May 2015.

1. ["Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier"](http://www.maires-allier.fr/sites/site03.innogam.fr/files/LISTE%20NOMINATIVE%20DES%20COMMUNES%20DE%20L%27ALLIER%20MAJ%2008.07.2020.pdf) [Nominative list of communes of Allier] (in French). *maires-allier.fr*. Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 8 July 2020. p. 1.

1. Ariane Bouhours (15 December 2023). ["Jean-Luc Albouy, apparenté PS, élu maire d'Avermes"](https://www.lamontagne.fr/avermes-03000/actualites/jean-luc-albouy-apparente-ps-elu-maire-d-avermes_14421883/) (in French). *lamontagne.fr*. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

1. [Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-03013#tableau-POPREF_G1), INSEE

1. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée (in French)

1. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée (in French)

## External links

- [Town hall website](https://www.avermes.fr) (in French)
- [*Averme* on the 1750 Cassini Map](http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=46.5886&lon=3.3081&zoom=13)

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