Commentry

Not to be confused with commentary (disambiguation).

Commentry
Town hall Town hall
Coat of arms of Commentry Coat of arms
Commentry
Location within Auvergne region Commentry
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Montluçon
Canton	Commentry
Intercommunality	Commentry–Néris-les-Bains
Government
• Mayor (2014;2020)	Claude Riboulet
Area1	20.96 km2 (8.09 sq mi)
Population (2011)2	6,580
• Density	310/km2 (810/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	03082 / 03600
Elevation	332–462 m (1,089–1,516 ft) (avg. 385 m or 1,263 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Commentry is a commune in the department of Allier in central France. It lies 42 miles (68 km) southwest of Moulins in the valley of the Œil. It is within 8 km of one of the geographic centres of France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	600	—
1800	498	−17.0%
1806	565	+13.5%
1821	601	+6.4%
1831	1,277	+112.5%
1836	1,126	−11.8%
1841	1,424	+26.5%
1846	3,015	+111.7%
1851	5,465	+81.3%
1856	8,484	+55.2%
1861	8,582	+1.2%
1866	9,978	+16.3%
1872	11,698	+17.2%
1876	12,978	+10.9%
1881	12,416	−4.3%
1886	12,515	+0.8%
1891	12,618	+0.8%
1896	12,632	+0.1%
1901	11,169	−11.6%
1906	10,205	−8.6%
1911	10,112	−0.9%
1921	10,256	+1.4%
1926	10,089	−1.6%
1931	10,136	+0.5%
1936	8,827	−12.9%
1946	9,119	+3.3%
1954	9,259	+1.5%
1962	9,711	+4.9%
1968	10,026	+3.2%
1975	10,043	+0.2%
1982	9,195	−8.4%
1990	8,021	−12.8%
1999	7,204	−10.2%
2006	6,857	−4.8%
2011	6,580	−4.0%

History

Commentry was the first commune ever to elect a socialist mayor: Christophe Thivrier was elected the 6th of June 1882. The Socialist Party of France was founded in Commentry in September 1902.

Economy

Commentry gave its name to a coal field over 21 square kilometres in extent, and had important foundries and forges.

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

• INSEE

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