Le Brethon
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Allier | |
| Arrondissement | Montluçon | |
| Canton | Huriel | |
| Community association | Pays de Tronçais | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 34 ' N , 2 ° 43' E | |
| height | 198-383 m | |
| surface | 44.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 325 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 7 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 03350 | |
| INSEE code | 03041 | |
| Website | http://lebrethon.planet-allier.com/ | |
Le Brethon is a French municipality with 325 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes in the department of Allier in Arrondissement Montlucon and in the canton Huriel (2015: Canton Hérisson ).
geography
Le Brethon is located about 27 kilometers north-northeast of Montluçon . The river Sologne runs along the eastern municipal boundary . Le Brethon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Meaulne-Vitray in the north and north-west, Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais in the north, Cérilly in the east and north-east, Le Vilhain in the east and south-east, Saint-Caprais in the south and south-east, Hérisson in the south, Vallon- en-Sully to the west and south-west and Meaulne to the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 731 | 582 | 545 | 481 | 395 | 352 | 340 | 347 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Le Brethon
- Saint-Pierre church from the 13th century
- Chapel of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine or Saint-Mayeul in La Bouteille from the 11th / 12th. century
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 429-432.
