Viplaix
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Allier | |
Arrondissement | Montluçon | |
Canton | Huriel | |
Community association | Pays d'Huriel | |
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 | 03317 |
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 |
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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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