Paray-sous-Briailles

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Paray-sous-Briailles

(2020–2026) Gilles Journet^[1]Area

22.18 km² (8.56 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

617 • Density28/km² (72/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

03204 /03500

Elevation228–266 m (748–873 ft)
(avg. 234 m or 768 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Paray-sous-Briailles (French pronunciation: [paʁɛ su bʁijaj]; Occitan: Pareit de Bralhas) is a commune in the French department of Allier in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region; before 2016, it belonged to the Auvergne region. Paray-sous-Briailles is located in the arrondissement (eng. administrative region) of Moulins and the canton of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule.

Geography

Paray-sous-Briailles lies about 35 kilometers south-southeast of Moulins and 23 kilometers north-northwest of Vichy on the Allier river, which borders the municipality from the east. Paray-sous-Briailles is bordered by the municipalities of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule to the north and west, Varennes-sur-Allier to the north and east, Créchy to the southeast, Marcenat to the south, as well as Loriges to the south and southwest.

Population

Its residents are called Parodiens in French.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	570	—
1975	513	−1.49%
1982	529	+0.44%
1990	495	−0.83%
1999	538	+0.93%
2009	632	+1.62%
2014	639	+0.22%
2020	618	−0.56%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Places of interest

Church of Saint-Julien from the 12th century
Castle
Tower of Villemouze

Literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Volume 2. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-053-1, p. 958-959.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE