Bellerive-sur-Allier

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Bellerive-sur-Allier
Commune
Town hall in 2010.
Coat of arms
Location of Bellerive-sur-Allier
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Coordinates: 46°07′03″N 3°24′16″E / 46.1175°N 3.4044°E / 46.1175; 3.4044
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Bellerive-sur-Allier
Intercommunality	CA Vichy Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Sennepin[1]
Area 1	18.97 km2 (7.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	8,855
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03023 /03700
Elevation	247–337 m (810–1,106 ft) (avg. 280 m or 920 ft)
Website	ville-bellerive-sur-allier.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bellerive-sur-Allier (French pronunciation: [bɛlʁiv syʁ alje]; Occitan: Vaissa) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Known as Vesse or Vaisse, it was renamed Bellerive-sur-Allier in 1903.^[3]