Charmeil

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Charmeil
Commune
Church
Location of Charmeil
(2020–2026)		Franck Gonzales^[1]
Area ¹	7.4 km² (2.9 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	987
• Density	130/km² (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03060 /03110
Elevation	243–311 m (797–1,020 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Charmeil (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁmɛj]; Occitan: Chalmelh) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Geography

Accessible by departmental roads 6 and 27, Charmeil is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of Vichy, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Vendat, and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Bellerive-sur-Allier.

A weather station is located on the site of the airport, elevation: 249 metres (817 ft).

D 27 from Vendat
D 27 from Boutiron bridge

Administration

List of successive mayors:

2001-2014: Andrée-Claude Petillat
2014-current: Franck Gonzales^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	306	—
1975	363	+2.47%
1982	562	+6.44%
1990	564	+0.04%
1999	609	+0.86%
2009	723	+1.73%
2014	856	+3.43%
2020	1,039	+3.28%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Economy

Charmeil has a commercial area with signs: Mr Bricolage, Jardiland, a GiFi store, Lidl, and local merchants.

Culture and Heritage

Charmeil Castle, which was the summer residence of Marshal Philippe Pétain in 1943 and which was held including a secret meeting between Pierre Laval and the advisor of German Rudolf Rahn embassy minister in August 1942.
Church
Boutiron bridge (on departmental road 27, between Charmeil and Creuzier-le-Vieux, Monument historique since 2021^[5])

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton)" [Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton)] (PDF). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "3eme trimestre 2021 - Découvrez les protections au titre des monuments historiques en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Creuzier-le-Vieux (Allier) : pont Boutiron" [3rd term 2021 - Discover protections for historical monuments in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Creuzier-le-Vieux, Allier: Boutiron bridge]. culture.gouv.fr (in French). French Ministry of Culture. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.