Saint-Pal-de-Mons

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Saint-Pal-de-Mons
Sant Pal
Coat of arms of Saint-Pal-de-Mons
Saint-Pal-de-Mons (France)
Saint-Pal-de-Mons
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 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
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

Saint-Pal-de-Mons church
  • 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

Web links

Commons : Saint-Pal-de-Mons  - Collection of images, videos and audio files