Arfeuilles
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Vichy | |
| Canton | Lapalisse | |
| Community association | Pays de Lapalisse | |
| 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 | 03006 | |
| 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 |
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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.
