What is Moulins, Allier?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Moulins |image flag = |image flag size = |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Moulins (Allier).svg |image coat of arms size = |city motto = |image = Moulins - Perspective3.JPG |caption = Moulins Cathedral. |map = |adjustable map = |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|46.5653|3.3333|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Moulins |canton = |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = Moulins Communauté |mayor = Pierre-André Périssol |party = |term = 2014-2020 |elevation m = 221 |elevation min m = 202 |elevation max m = 240 |area km2 = 8.61 | population demonym = Moulinois |population = 19762 |population ranking = |population date = 2014 |urban area km2 = |urban area date = |urban pop = |urban pop date = |metro area km2 = |metro area date = |metro area pop = |metro area pop date = |INSEE = 03190 |postal code = 03000 |website = [http://www.ville-moulins.fr/ www.ville-moulins.fr] }} '''Moulins''' is a [[Communes of France|''commune'']] in the [[Allier]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]] in central France. It is the ''[[Prefectures in France|préfecture]]'' ([[Capital city|capital]]) of the department and the [[History|historical]] capital of the old [[province]] of ''Bourbonnais'' (the [[Duchy]] of Bourbonnais). ==History== Moulins experienced its [[golden age]] in the 15th century, when the [[Duke]]s of [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] lived in the city on the [[Allier (river)|Allier]] river. The region of the northern [[Massif Central]] where is Moulins is calle