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Vichy (/ ˈ v ɪ ʃ i, ˈ v iː ʃ i /, French: ⓘ; Occitan: Vichèi) is a city in the Allier department in central France. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the capital of Vichy France. As of 2021, Vichy has a population of 25,789.
Vichy France (French: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State (État français), was a French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II, established after the French capitulation after the defeat against Germany. It was named after its seat of government, the city of Vichy.
After Germany occupied France and established a government based in Vichy, the German government requested that the diplomatic missions based in Paris move to the new provisional capital. Several governments accepted the request and established their missions in the hotel, with over twenty embassies and over forty accredited foreign diplomats ...
Case Anton (German: Unternehmen Anton) was the military occupation of Vichy France carried out by Germany and Italy in November 1942. It marked the end of the Vichy regime as a nominally independent state and the disbanding of its army (the severely-limited Armistice Army), but it continued its existence as a puppet government in Occupied France.
The arrondissement of Vichy is an arrondissement of France in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 160 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 153,276 (2021), and its area is 3,151.2 km 2 (1,216.7 sq mi).
The Government of Vichy France was the collaborationist ruling regime or government in Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War.Of contested legitimacy, it was headquartered in the town of Vichy in occupied France, but it initially took shape in Paris under Marshal Philippe Pétain as the successor to the French Third Republic in June 1940.
The Opéra de Vichy is an opera house located in the French city of Vichy. The building, designed in an Art Nouveau style is located adjacent to the Parc des Sources [ fr ] and across the street from the former Hôtel des Ambassadeurs .
Vichy Communauté is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Vichy. It is located in the Allier department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, central France. Created in 2017, its seat is in Vichy. [1] Its area is 741.3 km 2. Its population was 82,810 in 2019, of which 24,980 in Vichy proper. [2]