Commentry

Not to be confused with commentary (disambiguation).

Commentry
Commentry
Administration
Country	France
Region	Auvergne
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Montluçon
Canton	Commentry
Intercommunality	Commentry–Néris-les-Bains
Mayor	Jean-Louis Gaby (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	332–462 m (1,089–1,516 ft) (avg. 385 m or 1,263 ft)
Land area1	20.96 km2 (8.09 sq mi)
Population2	6,795  (2008)
- Density	324 /km2 (840 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	03082/ 03600
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 by the Orléans railway. It is within 8 km of the geographic centre of mainland France.

Population

Historical population of Commentry

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	600	498	565	601	1277	1126	1424	3015	5465	8484

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
Population	8582	9978	11,698	12,978	12,416	12,515	12,618	12,632

Year	1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946
Population	11,169	10,205	10,112	10,256	10,089	10,136	8827	9119

Year	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	9259	9711	10,026	10,043	9195	8021	7206	6795

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

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.