Lapalisse

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Lapalisse

(2020–2026) Jacques de Chabannes^[1]Area

33.01 km² (12.75 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,137 • Density95/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

03138 /03120

Elevation264–465 m (866–1,526 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lapalisse (French pronunciation: [lapalis]; Occitan: La Paliça) is a commune in the Allier department, central France. The organist Émile Bourdon (1884–1974) was born in Lapalisse. The 11th century Château de La Palice is located in the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,409	—
1800	1,665	−5.14%
1806	1,890	+2.14%
1821	2,061	+0.58%
1831	2,245	+0.86%
1836	2,286	+0.36%
1841	2,401	+0.99%
1846	2,670	+2.15%
1851	2,696	+0.19%
1856	2,665	−0.23%
1861	2,801	+1.00%
1866	2,821	+0.14%
1872	2,771	−0.30%
1876	2,746	−0.23%
1881	2,900	+1.10%
1886	2,952	+0.36%
1891	2,904	−0.33%
1896	2,941	+0.25%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	2,847	−0.65%
1906	2,971	+0.86%
1911	2,913	−0.39%
1921	2,732	−0.64%
1926	2,958	+1.60%
1931	3,158	+1.32%
1936	3,234	+0.48%
1946	3,260	+0.08%
1954	3,182	−0.30%
1962	3,349	+0.64%
1968	3,528	+0.87%
1975	3,605	+0.31%
1982	3,553	−0.21%
1990	3,603	+0.17%
1999	3,332	−0.87%
2007	3,196	−0.52%
2012	3,122	−0.47%
2017	3,123	+0.01%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Lapalisse, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE