Abrest (French pronunciation: [abʁɛ]; Occitan: Abrèt) is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France.

Departmental road 131 traverses some hamlets of the commune on the west bank of the Allier while departmental road 906e (former D906): Avenue de Vichy and Avenue de Thiers is on the east bank and passes through the centre of the town from Vichy to Saint-Yorre.

[3] The town is traversed by the D906e (former D906) road which links Le Puy-en-Velay, Thiers, Puy-Guillaume, and Saint-Yorre to Vichy which is the main axis of movement.

The Southwest Bypass (contournement sud-ouest), which aims to divert the flow of heavy vehicles, will be opened in 2016.

The commune has no railway station but it is traversed by two railway lines: Between 2008 and 2010, the development of Highway D906 was conducted in two phases under a communal contract for construction of the town:[6] Firstly, in 2008 with the creation of a 30 kilometres per hour (19 mph) zone[Note 1] and road humps with a pedestrian crossing and secondly in 2009-2010, the development of the D906 road to the right of the town hall.

The name of the commune in the form of ABRET (Latin arbor meaning "tree") was mentioned for the first time in 1301 in the Dictionary of Mr.

At the highest point is an old castle called Hurlevants with a view across the Allier valley and the mountains of Auvergne.

Jacques François Chomel in his Treatise of mineral water and baths of Vichy, appeared at Clermont in 1734 and wrote: "The wine in Vichy is good, the slopes of Abret [Abrest], of Crotte [extinct village located at the site of the Ailes district], Longevigne, the vintage of Celestins, of Ris, of Châteldon on the other side of the river Grave-la-rama [a place where Bellerive is currently], all these wines are good and are available in Paris."

[19] The commune of Abrest has a dozen companies in the business zone, ZA de la Tour, on the left bank of the Allier.

[19] The commune has one building that is registered as a historical monument: Since early 2006, the town has had a community centre and a municipal library located on the Avenue des Graviers - on the sloping part of the D426 - with 28 parking spaces, two for people with disabilities and reduced mobility.