What is Montluçon?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Montluçon |image flag = Flag of Montlucon.svg |image flag size = |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Montluçon(03).svg |image coat of arms size = |city motto = |image = Montluçon château 1.jpg |caption = Palace of the Dukes of Bourbon, Montluçon. |map = |adjustable map = |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|46.3408|2.6033|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Montluçon |canton = Chief town of 4 cantons:<br /> * Montluçon-1<br /> * Montluçon-2<br /> * Montluçon-3<br /> * Montluçon-4 |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = Montluçon Communauté |mayor = Daniel Dugléry |party = |term = 2014-2020 |elevation m = 279 |elevation min m = 194 |elevation max m = 364 |area km2 = 20.67 | population demonym = Montluçonnais |population = 37289 |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 = 03185 |postal code = 03100 |website = [http://www.mairie-montlucon.fr/ www.mairie-montlucon.fr] }} '''Montluçon''' is a [[Communes of France|''commune'']] in central [[France]], in the [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]], on the [[Cher (river)|Cher]] river. It is the ''commune'' in the department with largest population, although the department's ''[[Prefectures in France|préfecture]]'' is in the smaller city of [[Moulins, Allier|Moulins]]. The town is the [[History|historical]] [[Capital city|capital]] of the old [[province]] of ''Bourbonnais'' and was part of the [[mediae