Gouise () is a commune in the

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department in central

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. This small

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is situated at the crossing of two secondary departmental roads, the D102 (East-West from Saint-Voir to

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) and the D105 (North-South from

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to Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux). Oddly, it has no

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but a small

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with an adjacent meeting room.

Population

Economy

Gouise lives mainly on

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(

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) and

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(

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). There is also a construction work company. Other people live there but go to work in town ( Moulins) or in neighbouring villages.

References

Communes of Allier Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Allier-geo-stub