A LITTLE GEOGRAPHY!
Situated in the west of the Allier department, formerly the province of Bourbonnais and now part of Auvergne, nestled between the Montluçon region, the Tronçais forest, the Bocage Bourbonnais and the Sioule valley, Commentry/Montmarault/Néris-les-Bains Tourisme is also very close to the Puy-de-Dôme, Creuse and Cher departments.
As a transition between the Combrailles Bourbonnais, the Bocage Bourbonnais and the Val d'Allier, between the langue d'Oc and the langue d'Oil, it benefits from both the rugged landscape of the Combraille to the south, at the gateway to the Massif Central, and the gentle, rounded landscape of the Bocage Bourbonnais to the north: meadows, valleys and "bouchures" (hedgerows).
Commentry*
Montmarault
Néris-les-Bains
Venas
Sauvagny
Cosne-d'Allier
Chappes
Chavenon
Bizeneuille
Verneix
Deneuille-les-Mines
Villefranche-d'Allier
Saint-Angel
St-Priest-en-Murat
St-Marcel-en-Murat
Murat
Sazeret
Voussac
Doyet
Chamblet
Montvicq
St-Bonnet-de-Four
Beaune-d'Allier
Blomard
Vernusse
Hyds
Colombier
La Celle
Malicorne
Durdat-Larequille
Louroux-de-Beaune
Bézenet
Tortezais
*photo : Carole Lamoine-Dubost