Moulins

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Moulins

Total population

19,343

Coordinates46.57°, 3.33°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Moulins is a commune in central France, capital of the Allier department. It is located on the river Allier.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Claude Louis Hector de Villars

Marshal General of France

James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick

Anglo-French military leader (1670-1734)

Marguerite de Bourbon

French noble

Georges Bidault

French politician (1899-1983)

Théodore de Banville

French writer (1823-1891)

Jean-Baptiste Faure

French baritone and composer

Antoine Meillet

French linguist (1866–1936)

Aimé Laussedat

French cartographer and photographer (1819–1907)

Vanessa Demouy

French actress and model

Angelo Tulik

French cyclist

Charles II, Duke of Bourbon

Catholic cardinal and Duke of Burbon

A

Antoine Dauvergne

French composer and violinist

H

Henry Meige

French neurologist (1866–1940)

Peter II, Duke of Bourbon

(1438-1503)

Richard Bohringer

French actor, director, producer

J

Jean Rousseau

French musician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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• Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
  18 mi away · pop. 4,997
• Lapalisse
  26.2 mi away · pop. 3,137
• Abrest
  32.8 mi away · pop. 2,919
• Gannat
  32.9 mi away · pop. 5,759
• Aigueperse
  38.1 mi away · pop. 2,736
• Royat
  57.1 mi away · pop. 4,403
• Le Cendre
  58.8 mi away · pop. 5,494
• Romagnat
  59 mi away · pop. 7,869
• La Roche-Blanche
  60.1 mi away · pop. 3,436
• Saint-Genès-Champanelle
  60.4 mi away · pop. 3,883
• Les Martres-de-Veyre
  61.3 mi away · pop. 3,863
• Vic-le-Comte
  63.9 mi away · pop. 5,242

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

Seen 2026-09-22

The White-Point

Mythimna albipuncta

Seen 2026-09-21

Small Blood-vein

Scopula imitaria

Seen 2026-09-19

Square-spot Rustic

Xestia xanthographa

Seen 2026-09-17

Geranium Bronze

Cacyreus marshalli

Seen 2026-09-13

Straw-barred Pearl

Pyrausta despicata

Seen 2026-09-12

Orange Swift

Triodia sylvina

Seen 2026-09-09

Common Spitting Spider

Scytodes thoracica

Seen 2026-09-02

enchanter's-nightshade

Circaea lutetiana

Seen 2026-08-31

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers