Bransat
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Canton | Souvigny | |
| Community association | Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 20 ' N , 3 ° 14' E | |
| height | 254-401 m | |
| surface | 15.52 km 2 | |
| Residents | 512 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 33 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03500 | |
| INSEE code | 03038 | |
Bransat is a French municipality with 512 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ). It belongs to the canton of Souvigny and the Arrondissement of Moulins .
geography
Bransat is located in the north of the Auvergne in the historic Bourbonnais province , about 29 kilometers south-southwest of the city center of Moulins and about 25 kilometers north-northwest of Vichy . Bransat is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Meillard in the north, Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais in the northeast, Saulcet in the east, Louchy-Montfand in the southeast, Cesset in the south and Laféline in the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 621 | 571 | 532 | 536 | 484 | 508 | 511 | 495 | 504 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bransat
- Saint-Georges church, historic monument since 1967
- Bridge over Le Gaduet, a historic monument since 1971
Saint-Georges church
Bürcke over the Le Gaduet
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 941-942.
