Saint-Pal-de-Mons
Saint-Pal-de-Mons Sant Pal |
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Haute Loire | |
Arrondissement | Yssingeaux | |
Canton | Deux Rivières et Vallées | |
Community association | Marches du Velay-Rochebaron | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 15 ′ N , 4 ° 17 ′ E | |
height | 615-969 m | |
surface | 27.11 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,281 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 84 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 43620 | |
INSEE code | 43213 | |
Website | http://www.mairie-saintpaldemons.fr/ | |
Town hall of Saint-Pal-de-Mons |
Saint-Pal-de-Mons ( Occitan : Sant Pal ) is a French municipality with 2281 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Administratively it belongs to the arrondissement of Yssingeaux and is part of the canton of Deux Rivières et Vallées . The inhabitants are called San Palou (nes) .
geography
Saint-Pal-de-Mons is located in the Velay , a landscape in the French Massif Central . The river Dunières forms the southern municipal boundary and the Semène to the northeast . Saint-Pal-de-Mons is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Didier-en-Velay in the north, Saint-Victor-Malescours in the northeast, Saint-Romain-Lachalm in the east, Dunières in the southeast, Raucoules in the south, Lapte in the southwest as well Sainte-Sigolène to the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
Residents | 1,521 | 1,416 | 1,365 | 1,423 | 1,542 | 1,748 | 1,960 | 2.173 |
Attractions
- Church of Saint-Pal-de-Mons, built in the late 19th century in neo-Romanesque style
- Saint-Julien-la-Tourette chapel, built at the end of the 11th century, a historic monument since 1996
Personalities
- Gabriel Tyr (1817–1868), painter
- Pierre-Paul Durieu (1830–1899), priest, Bishop of Vancouver (1890–1899)