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Paray-sous-Briailles

Coordinates: 46°17′28″N 3°21′57″E / 46.2911°N 3.3658°E / 46.2911; 3.3658
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Paray-sous-Briailles
Coat of arms of Paray-sous-Briailles
Location of Paray-sous-Briailles
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Paray-sous-Briailles is located in France
Paray-sous-Briailles
Paray-sous-Briailles
Paray-sous-Briailles is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Paray-sous-Briailles
Paray-sous-Briailles
Coordinates: 46°17′28″N 3°21′57″E / 46.2911°N 3.3658°E / 46.2911; 3.3658
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAllier
ArrondissementMoulins
CantonSaint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Gilles Journet[1]
Area
1
22.18 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
617
 • Density28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
03204 /03500
Elevation228–266 m (748–873 ft)
(avg. 234 m or 768 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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

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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

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Its residents are called Parodiens in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
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[3]

See also

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Places of interest

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Literature

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Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Volume 2. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1, p. 958-959.

References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE