Billy (; ) is a
commune in the
Allier
Allier ( , , ; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region that borders Cher (department), Cher to the west, Nièvre to the north, Saône-et-Loire and Loire (department), Loire to the east, Pu ...
department in central
France
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.
Geography
Bilhi dins lo canton de Varenas.png, alt=Location of Billy in the former canton of Varennes-sur-Allier, Billy in the former canton of Varennes-sur-Allier.
Bilhi dins la Comunautat d'Aglomeracion Vichèi Val d'Alèir.png, alt=Location of Billy in the agglomeration community of Vichy Val d'Allier, Billy in the Vichy conurbation.
Bilhi.png, alt=Location of Billy on the map of Cassini, Billy on the map of Cassini.
History
Between this village and nearby
Créchy,
lagerstätten have yielded a rich assemblage of
fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserve ...
s from the
Oligocene
The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch (geology), epoch of the Paleogene Geologic time scale, Period that extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that defin ...
-
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...
boundary (c. 24-23 million years ago).
[Hugueney ''et al.'' (2003)]
Population
See also
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Communes of the Allier department
The following is a list of the 317 Communes of France, communes of the Allier Departments of France, department of France.
Intercommunalities
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (a ...
References
External links
Town hall website
Tourist office website
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Communes of Allier
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia