Pleaux
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Cantal | |
| Arrondissement | Mauriac | |
| Canton | Mauriac | |
| Community association | Pays de Salers | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 8 ′ N , 2 ° 14 ′ E | |
| height | 264-765 m | |
| surface | 92.39 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,489 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 15700 | |
| INSEE code | 15153 | |
| Website | www.pleaux.fr | |
Pleaux ( Occitan : Pleus ) is a French municipality with 1489 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Cantal in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Mauriac and the canton of Mauriac (until 2015 the canton of Pleaux ).
geography
Pleaux is about 28 kilometers northwest of Aurillac . The municipality of Tourniac is an exclave north of the rest of the municipality; this is bounded in the north by the Dordogne , the rest of the community in the south by the Maronne . The Incon , a tributary of the Maronne, crosses the municipality. Pleaux is surrounded by Soursac and Chalvignac in the north, Brageac , Chaussenac , Barriac-les-Bosquets and Ally in the north and northeast, Sainte-Eulalie in the east , Besse in the southeast, Saint-Martin-Cantalès and Arnac in the southwest, Saint-Julien- aux-Bois in the west and Rilhac-Xaintrie in the west and northwest.
The former route nationale 680 (today's D680) runs through the municipality .
history
In 1972 Pleaux was formed from the previously independent municipalities Loupiac , Saint-Christophe-les-Gorges and Tourniac .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,710 | 1,645 | 2,531 | 2,328 | 2.146 | 1,823 | 1,667 | 1,541 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
- Notre-Dame du château chapel in the Saint-Christophe-les-Gorges district
- Chapel in the district of Enchanet ( Chapelle du Rocher )
- nameless chapel in the district of Laboudie
- Notre-Dame church in the Enchanet district
- Saint-Christophe church in the Saint-Christophe-les-Gorges district
- Saint-Loup church in the Loupiac district
- Saint-Victor church in the Tourniac district
- Ruins of Branzac Castle, Monument historique
- Enchanet dam on the Maronne
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
Castle ruins
Enchanet dam
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Personalities
- André Merlin (* 1942), entrepreneur
