Vichy Vichy Tapiola Category="Communes of Allier"Category="Spa towns"
For the collaborationist regime based in Vichy during World War II, see Vichy France.

Vichy
Country
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     France
Région Auvergne
Département Allier
Arrondissement Vichy
Canton
INSEE Code 03310
Postal code 03200
Mayor
Term of office 		Claude Malhuret
Intercommunality Communauté
d'agglomération
de Vichy Val d'Allier
Longitude 3°24' E
Latitude 46°10' N
Altitude average: 249m
minimum:
maximum:
Area 5.85 km²
Population without
double-counting		26,501 (1999)
(Vichyssois)
Population density 4,530 pers/km²

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Vichy is a spa and resort town in central France, near Clermont-Ferrand and was the Capital of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944. It is a commune and a Sous-préfecture of the Allier département. Population (1999): 78,000.

Vichy shower

Vichy is also a kind of Shower in which large quantities of warm water are delivered to a spa patron, sometimes with a Scott's firehose (a firehose that delivers alternating bursts of hot and cold water).

Vichy cosmetics

Vichy is also a premuim brand of dermo-cosmetics sold exclusively in pharmacies. It contains the termal spa water from the town of Vichy.

The Vichy cosmetics company is owned by L'Oréal. Vichy Cosmetics (in English and French)

Miscellaneous

Births

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Twin towns

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