The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurouërois or Aurouëroises.

Aurouër is located some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north by north-east of Moulins and 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. The whole eastern border of the commune is the departmental boundary between Allier and Nièvre. Access to the commune is by the D133 road from Villeneuve-sur-Allier in the south-west which passes through the commune and the village and continues east to Saint-Ennemond. The D228 goes north-east from the village to Dornes. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of:

There are large forested areas in the south-east of the commune with most of the rest farmland.

There are many ponds scattered across the commune from which streams flow towards the west to join the Allier.

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List of Successive Mayors

In 2017 the commune had 413 inhabitants. Between 1837 and 1879 it was part of the commune Villeneuve-sur-Allier.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 462 —     1800 804 +8.24% 1806 350 −12.94% 1821 455 +1.76% 1831 439 −0.36% 1836 378 −2.95% 1881 497 +0.61% 1886 533 +1.41% 1891 581 +1.74% 1896 575 −0.21% 1901 539 −1.28% 1906 530 −0.34% 1911 507 −0.88% 1921 450 −1.19%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1926 429 −0.95% 1931 425 −0.19% 1936 400 −1.21% 1946 398 −0.05% 1954 385 −0.41% 1962 375 −0.33% 1968 310 −3.12% 1975 310 +0.00% 1982 264 −2.27% 1990 302 +1.70% 1999 319 +0.61% 2007 369 +1.84% 2012 398 +1.52% 2017 413 +0.74%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE

• Communes of the Allier department

• Aurouër on the old IGN website (in French)
• Aurouër on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Aurouer on the 1750 Cassini Map

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