Vergongheon
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Brioude | |
| Canton | Sainte-Florine | |
| Community association | Auzon Community | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 22 ′ N , 3 ° 19 ′ E | |
| height | 403-483 m | |
| surface | 12.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,851 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 147 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 43360 | |
| INSEE code | 43258 | |
 Vergongheon Town Hall (Mairie) |
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Vergongheon is a French commune with 1,851 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It is located in the Arrondissement of Brioude and in the Canton of Sainte-Florine (until 2015: Canton of Auzon ). The inhabitants are called Vergongheonnais .
geography
Vergongheon is about 50 kilometers south-southeast of Clermont-Ferrand on the Leuge River . The river Vendage flows into the Allier at the eastern border of the municipality . Vergongheon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Frugerès-les-Mines in the north and north-west, Sainte-Florine in the north, Vézézoux in the north-east, Auzon in the east, Azérat in the south-east, Cohade in the south and south-east, Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre in the south and Lempdes- sur-Allagnon to the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,643 | 1,686 | 1,664 | 1,859 | 1,725 | 1,608 | 1,758 | 1,857 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Romanesque Church of the Assumption ( Église de l'Assomption ), with partial reconstruction in 1844
- Ruins of Rilhac
