Lafeline
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Moulins | |
| Canton | Souvigny | |
| Community association | Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 21 ′ N , 3 ° 10 ′ E | |
| height | 295-426 m | |
| surface | 23.1 km 2 | |
| Residents | 197 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 9 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03500 | |
| INSEE code | 03134 | |
Laféline is a French municipality with 197 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
Laféline is located in the north of the Auvergne in the historic province of Bourbonnais , about 23 kilometers south-southwest of the city center of Moulins and about 28 kilometers north-northwest of Vichy . Laféline is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Treban in the north, Meillard in the northeast, Bransat in the east, Cesset in the southeast, Fleuriel in the south and Le Theil in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 400 | 339 | 308 | 226 | 178 | 173 | 189 | 243 | 203 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Laféline
- Saint-Martin church from the 14th century, monument historique since 1963
- Reugny priory with Romanesque chapel from the 12th century, monument historique since 1994
- Le Bouchat castle from the 14th century, monument historique since 1965
Saint Martin Church
Ruins of the Reugny Priory Chapel
Le Bouchat Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 945-947.
