Le Brignon

Le Brignon
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute Loire
Arrondissement	Le Puy-en-Velay
Canton	Velay volcanique
Community association	Puy-en-Velay
Coordinates	44 ° 56 '  N , 3 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 56 '  N , 3 ° 53'  E
height	698-1,127 m
surface	34.9 km 2
Residents	601 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	43370
INSEE code	43039
Website	http://www.lebrignon.com/

Le Brignon is a French municipality with 601 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Le Puy-en-Velay and the canton Velay volcanique (until 2015: Canton Solignac-sur-Loire ). The inhabitants are called Brignonais .

geography

Le Brignon is located about eleven kilometers south of Le Puy-en-Velay in the Massif Central on the Loire , which largely forms the eastern municipal boundary. Le Brignon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Solignac-sur-Loire in the north, Chadron in the northeast, Saint-Martin-de-Fugères in the east, Goudet in the southeast, Arlempdes in the south and southeast, Landos in the south and southwest, Costaros in the west and southwest as well as Cayres to the west.

Route nationale 88 runs along the western edge of the municipality .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	809	745	664	577	542	544	572	599
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Saint Martin Church
• Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculée-Conception church in the village of Ussel
• La Beaume waterfall, 27 meter high cascade on the Beaume

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  Saint Martin Church

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  Immaculée Conception Church

Web links

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