Montfaucon-en-Velay

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Montfaucon-en-Velay
Coat of arms of Montfaucon-en-Velay
Montfaucon-en-Velay (France)
Montfaucon-en-Velay
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute Loire
Arrondissement Yssingeaux
Canton Boutières
Community association Pays de Montfaucon
Coordinates 45 ° 11 ′  N , 4 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 11 ′  N , 4 ° 19 ′  E
height 875-969 m
surface 4.99 km 2
Residents 1,202 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 241 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 43290
INSEE code 43141
Website http://www.montfauconenvelay.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of Montfaucon-en-Velay

Montfaucon-en-Velay is a French commune with 1,202 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Yssingeaux and the canton of Boutières (until 2015: canton of Montfaucon-en-Velay ).

geography

Montfaucon-en-Velay is located about 28 kilometers east-northeast of Le Puy-en-Velay in the Velay , a landscape in the French Massif Central . Montfaucon-en-Velay is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Dunières in the north and east, Montregard in the south and east and Raucoules in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 1131 1206 1346 1352 1381 1207 1142 1265

Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre church
  • Notre-Dame chapel

  • Saint-Pierre church

  • Notre-Dame chapel

Web links

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