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{{Infobox French commune |name = Besson |commune status = Commune |image = Besson Allier France 02.jpg |caption = An aerial view of Besson |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Besson 03.svg |arrondissement = Moulins |canton = Souvigny |INSEE = 03026 |postal code = 03210 |mayor = Frédéric Verdier<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = CA Moulins Communauté |coordinates = {{coord|46.4708|3.2647|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 250 |elevation min m = 224 |elevation max m = 350 |area km2 = 47.16 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Besson''' ({{IPA|fr|bɛsɔ̃|-|Fr-Pars--besson.ogg}}) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.
==Population== {{Historical populations |1968|817 |1975|815 |1982|733 |1990|786 |1999|775 | 2007|795 | 2012|783 | 2017|768 |2023 |728 | source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-03026#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> | percentages = pagr | align = none }}
== Administration == * 2001–2014: Jean Pagnon * 2014–current: Frédéric Verdier<ref>{{cite web|title=Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton) |trans-title=Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton) |url=http://www.maires-allier.fr/contenu/fck/LISTE%20NOMINATIVE%20DES%20COMMUNES%20MAJ%2018122014.pdf |website=Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier |date=1 April 2015 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095821/http://www.maires-allier.fr/contenu/fck/LISTE%20NOMINATIVE%20DES%20COMMUNES%20MAJ%2018122014.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2015 }}</ref>
==See also== *Communes of the Allier department
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