Deux-Chaises
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Canton | Souvigny | |
| Community association | Bocage Bourbonnais | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 23 ' N , 3 ° 2' E | |
| height | 375-499 m | |
| surface | 41.01 km 2 | |
| Residents | 392 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03240 | |
| INSEE code | 03099 | |
Deux-Chaises is a French commune with 392 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Moulins and the canton of Souvigny .
geography
The municipality is about halfway between Moulins and Montluçon . Several tributaries of the Aumance and the Venant have their source in the 41 km² municipal area of Deux-Chaises .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 736 | 664 | 537 | 501 | 438 | 414 | 415 | 399 |
Attractions
- Church of Saint Denis, Monument historique , Romanesque (11th / 12th centuries), three aisles, tower in the northeast; inside statue of St. Denis as a decapitated martyr ; the church originally belonged to the St-Denis monastery near Paris.
- Les Lamas du Tilloux, private zoo of 350 llamas and alpacas
Saint-Denis church
Interior of the church
Sculpture Saint-Denis
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 691-692.
Individual evidence
- ^ Church of Saint-Denis in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Web links
Commons : Deux-Chaises - Collection of images, videos and audio files
