Cognat-Lyonne
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Cognat-Lyonne Conhat e Liona |
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Vichy | |
| Canton | Bellerive-sur-Allier | |
| Community association | Vichy Community | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 7 ′ N , 3 ° 19 ′ E | |
| height | 308-368 m | |
| surface | 12.51 km 2 | |
| Residents | 694 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 55 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03110 | |
| INSEE code | 03080 | |
 Town hall ( Mairie ) of Cognat-Lyonne |
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Cognat-Lyonne ( Occitan : Conhat e Liona ) is a French municipality with 694 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It is assigned to the canton of Bellerive-sur-Allier (until March 2015: canton of Escurolles ) and the arrondissement of Vichy . The inhabitants are called cognatois .
geography
Cognat-Lyonne is nine kilometers west-southwest of Vichy in the Limagne bourbonnaise landscape . Cognat-Lyonne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Escurolles in the north and north-west, Espinasse-Vozelle in the north and north-east, Serbannes in the east, Biozat in the south, Charmes in the south-west and Monteignet-sur-l'Andelot in the west.
Population development
| year | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 523 | 509 | 529 | 520 | 488 | 501 | 474 | 556 | 547 | 616 | 703 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Cognat-Lyonne
- Romanesque church of Sainte-Radegonde from the 12th century, monument historique since 1862
- Lyonne Castle from the 18th century
- Rilhat Castle from the 15th / 16th centuries Century, since 1980 Monument historique
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 352-353.
