Arfeuilles

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Arfeuilles
Coat of arms of Arfeuilles
Arfeuilles (France)
Arfeuilles
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Allier
Arrondissement Vichy
Canton Lapalisse
Community association Pays de Lapalisse
Coordinates 46 ° 9 '  N , 3 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 9 '  N , 3 ° 44'  E
height 335-795 m
surface 59.56 km 2
Residents 648 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 11 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 03120
INSEE code
Website http://www.arfeuilles.fr/

Arfeuilles is a French municipality with 648 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Vichy and the canton of Lapalisse .

geography

Arfeuilles is located in the western foothills of the Monts de la Madeleine mountains, around 19 kilometers east-northeast of Vichy and 27 kilometers northwest of Roanne . Neighboring municipalities of Arfeuilles are Châtelus in the north, Saint-Pierre-Laval in the northeast, Saint-Bonnet-des-Quarts in the east, Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs in the south and southeast, Châtel-Montagne in the south and southwest and Le Breuil in the northwest .

In the municipality of Le Breuil was the station Arfeuilles-Le Breuil on the railway line Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache which is now no longer served.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2001 2016
Residents 1,458 1,288 1.004 881 843 710 691 786 660
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Arfeuilles

  • Saint-Germain Church, built between 1854 and 1870
  • La Pisserotte waterfall

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 536-537.

Web links

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