Saint-Loup (Allier)
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Allier | |
Arrondissement | Vichy | |
Canton | Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule | |
Community association | Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 21 ' N , 3 ° 23' E | |
height | 225-292 m | |
surface | 17.62 km 2 | |
Residents | 568 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 32 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 03150 | |
INSEE code | 03242 |
Saint-Loup is a French municipality with 568 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Vichy and the canton of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule (until 2015: canton of Varennes-sur-Allier ).
geography
Saint-Loup is located about 22 km north of Vichy am Allier , which borders the municipality to the west. Saint-Loup is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Ferté-Hauterive in the north and north-west, Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux in the north and north-east, Montoldre in the east and south-east, Varennes-sur-Allier in the south, and Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule in the southwest and Contigny in the west.
The National Route 7 runs through the municipality .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 567 | 597 | 578 | 621 | 619 | 585 | 594 | 542 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Loup church
Personalities
- Louis d'Aurelle de Paladines (1804–1877), general, buried here
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 1052-1054.
Web links
Commons : Saint-Loup - Collection of images, videos and audio files