Billy, Allier
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Coordinates: 46°14′14″N 3°25′48″E / 46.2372222222, 3.43

Commune of Billy
Location
Billy, Allier (France)
Billy, Allier
Billy, Allier
Administration
Country France
Region Auvergne
Department Allier
Arrondissement Vichy
Canton Varennes-sur-Allier
Intercommunality Vichy Val d'Allier
Mayor Jean Mathé
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 235–375 m (770–1,230 ft)
(avg. 220 m/720 ft)
Land area1 10.22 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population2
(1999)		 929
 - Density 90 /km² (230 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 03029/ 03260
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Billy is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

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).1

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Hugueney et al. (2003)

References

  • Hugueney, Marguerite; Berthet, Didier; Bodergat, Anne-Marie; Escuillié, François; Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile & Wattinne, Aurélia (2003): La limite Oligocène-Miocène en Limagne: changements fauniques chez les mammifères, oiseaux et ostracodes des différents niveaux de Billy-Créchy (Allier, France) [The Oligocene-Miocene boundary in Limagne: faunal changes in the mammals, birds and ostracods from the different levels of Billy-Créchy (Allier, France)] [French with English abstract]. Geobios 36(6): 719–731. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.01.002 (HTML abstract)
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