Viplaix

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Viplaix
Viplaix coat of arms
Viplaix (France)
Viplaix
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Allier
Arrondissement Montluçon
Canton Huriel
Community association Pays d'Huriel
Coordinates 46 ° 28 '  N , 2 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 28 '  N , 2 ° 23'  E
height 270-403 m
surface 30.4 km 2
Residents 300 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 10 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 03370
INSEE code

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Viplaix is a French commune of 300 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in Allier in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the arrondissement of Montluçon and the canton of Huriel . The inhabitants are called Viplaisiens .

location

Viplaix is ​​located about 22 kilometers west-northwest of Montluçon . Viplaix is ​​surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Éloy-d'Allier in the north, Saint-Désiré in the northeast, Courçais in the east, Chambérat in the southeast, Mesples in the south, Saint-Palais in the west and southwest and Sidiailles in the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013 2016
Residents 620 606 473 391 348 296 272 290 303
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin church from the first half of the 20th century

Personalities

  • Lucien Lamoureux (1888-1970), politician, finance minister (1933, 1940), labor and social affairs minister (1933/1934), colonial minister (1934), economy and industry minister (1940)

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier . tape 1 . Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1 , pp. 500-501 .

Web links

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