Cusset

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Cusset

|commune status = Commune

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|image flag =

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|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Cusset (03).svg

|image = Vue sur le centre de Cusset depuis Montbeton.jpg

|caption = Cusset from Montbeton neighborhood

|coordinates = {{coord|46.1353|3.4572|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|arrondissement = Vichy

|canton = Cusset

|intercommunality = CA Vichy Communauté

|mayor = Jean-Sébastien Laloy{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|elevation m = 310

|elevation min m = 255

|elevation max m = 483

|area km2 = 31.93

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

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|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

|INSEE = 03095

|postal code = 03300

|website = [http://www.ville-cusset.com www.ville-cusset.com]

}}

Cusset is a commune in the department of Allier, in the central French region of Auvergne. Situated in the foothills of the {{Interlanguage link|Bourbonnaise Mountains|fr|3=Montagne bourbonnaise}}, the city is a suburb of Vichy and ranks fourth in population for the department.

Population

{{Historical populations

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|cols = 2

|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|11413|Cusset}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-03095#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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|1793 |3827

|1800 |3945

|1806 |4547

|1821 |3924

|1831 |4910

|1836 |5093

|1841 |5138

|1846 |5476

|1851 |5510

|1856 |5709

|1861 |6113

|1866 |6575

|1872 |6279

|1876 |6308

|1881 |6330

|1886 |6762

|1891 |6454

|1896 |6441

|1901 |6598

|1906 |6719

|1911 |6941

|1921 |6598

|1926 |7672

|1931 |8732

|1936 |9026

|1946 |9728

|1954 |10405

|1962 |11468

|1968 |13117

|1975 |13685

|1982 |14355

|1990 |13567

|1999 |13385

|2007 |13358

|2012 |13497

|2017 |12661

}}

Geography

= Location =

Located on the Sichon River, tributary of the Allier river, in the foothills of the Bourbonnaise Mountain, at an elevation of approximately 980 feet on top of the Mount Béton, Cusset is annexed to Vichy.

The city includes fifty or so Lieux-dit (part of a municipality nominated because of an historical particularity), the most important are Presle, Puy-Besseau, the Bartins, Champcourt, Chantegrelet, Chassignol and Viermeux.

Cusset is a part of the arrondissement of Vichy, for many years it was the capital of a unique canton until 1985, at which point a decree separated this canton into two parts : Northern Cusset and Southern Cusset. Following the boundary changes of 2014, only one canton shall remain in 2015.

The municipality is located, as the crow flies, at an equal distance between the administrative centers of the department of Moulins to the north and of the region of Clermont-Ferrand to the southeast (approx. 30 miles).

= Geology and relief =

The surface area of the municipality 7890 acres, its elevation varies between 837 and 1584 feet. The low-lying areas are located near Vichy (built residences on the Sichon riverside) whereas the high-elevation sectors are located to the east (Chassignol, Meunière, Viermeux, Les Acarins)

= Hydrography =

The Sichon passes through the municipality, tributary of the Allier river; the Bourbonnaise Mountain is the source of other waterways which cross the municipality ( le Jolan, le Rebusset, l’Abrion, le Dalbot).

= Climate =

The climate in this region is continental. The climate records come from the nearest weather station located in Charmeil, close to the airport. In 2011 the city was exposed to the sun for a total of 88 days (2096 hours), these results are very close to the national average. The municipality registered a rainfall of 23 inches and the maximal speed of the wind reached 52 mph.