Aiguilhe
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Aiguilhe Agulha |
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Le Puy-en-Velay | |
| Canton | Le Puy-en-Velay-2 | |
| Community association | Puy-en-Velay | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 3 ' N , 3 ° 53' E | |
| height | 609-751 m | |
| surface | 1.1 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,511 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,374 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 43000 | |
| INSEE code | 43002 | |
| Website | http://aiguilhe.fr/ | |
 Old town hall and Saint Clair chapel |
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Aiguilhe ( Occitan : Agulha ) is a French municipality with 1511 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Le Puy-en-Velay and the canton Le Puy-en-Velay-2 (until 2015: canton Le Puy-en-Velay-Nord ).
geography
Aiguilhe is a banlieue of Le Puy-en-Velay and is located on the Borne River , a tributary of the Loire . Aiguilhe is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Polignac in the north, Chadrac in the east and northeast, Le Puy-en-Velay in the south and Espaly-Saint-Marcel in the west and southwest.
The Via Podiensis , a variant of the Way of St. James , runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,016 | 1,137 | 1,304 | 1,376 | 1,452 | 1,555 | 1,595 | 1,574 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Michel church on the rock, built in 969, monument historique since 1840
- Saint-Clair Chapel, built in the 12th century, monument historique since 1889
- Hôpital Saint-Nicolas
- Roderie bridge over the Borne river from the 14th century, monument historique since 1926
- Estroulhas bridge, probably built in the 13th century, monument historique since 1964
Saint-Michel rock church
Roderie bridge
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Web links
Commons : Aiguilhe - collection of images, videos and audio files
