Paray-sous-Briailles
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Paray-sous-Briailles | |
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 Location of Paray-sous-Briailles | |
  Paray-sous-Briailles Location within France  Paray-sous-Briailles Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Coordinates: 46°17′28″N 3°21′57″E / 46.2911°N 3.3658°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Vichy |
| Canton | Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | Gilles Journet[1] |
Area 1 | 22.18 km2 (8.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 616 |
| • Density | 27.8/km2 (71.9/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) |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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% |
| 2007 | 613 | +1.64% |
| 2012 | 647 | +1.09% |
| 2017 | 633 | −0.44% |
| 2023 | 616 | −0.45% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
See also
[edit]Places of interest
[edit]- Church of Saint-Julien from the 12th century
- Castle
- Tower of Villemouze
Literature
[edit]Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Volume 2. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1, p. 958-959.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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