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Paray-sous-Briailles | |
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Commune | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Paray-sous-Briailles | |
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Coordinates: 46°17′28″N 3°21′57″E / 46.2911°N 3.3658°E / 46.2911; 3.3658 | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Allier |
Arrondissement | Vichy |
Canton | Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Gilles Journet |
Area | 22.18 km (8.56 sq mi) |
Population | 617 |
• Density | 28/km (72/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 03204 /03500 |
Elevation | 228–266 m (748–873 ft) (avg. 234 m or 768 ft) |
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Paray-sous-Briailles (French pronunciation: [paʁɛ su bʁijaj]; Occitan: Pareit de Bralhas) is a commune in the French department of Allier in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region; before 2016, it belonged to the Auvergne region. Paray-sous-Briailles is located in the arrondissement (eng. administrative region) of Moulins and the canton of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule.
Geography
Paray-sous-Briailles lies about 35 kilometers south-southeast of Moulins and 23 kilometers north-northwest of Vichy on the Allier river, which borders the municipality from the east. Paray-sous-Briailles is bordered by the municipalities of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule to the north and west, Varennes-sur-Allier to the north and east, Créchy to the southeast, Marcenat to the south, as well as Loriges to the south and southwest.
Population
Its residents are called Parodiens in French.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 570 | — |
1975 | 513 | −1.49% |
1982 | 529 | +0.44% |
1990 | 495 | −0.83% |
1999 | 538 | +0.93% |
2009 | 632 | +1.62% |
2014 | 639 | +0.22% |
2020 | 618 | −0.56% |
Source: INSEE |
See also
Places of interest
- Church of Saint-Julien from the 12th century
- Castle
- Tower of Villemouze
Literature
Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Volume 2. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1, p. 958-959.
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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