Paray-sous-Briailles

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Paray-sous-Briailles
Commune
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 46°17′28″N 3°21′57″E / 46.2911°N 3.3658°E / 46.2911; 3.3658Coordinates: 46°17′28″N 3°21′57″E / 46.2911°N 3.3658°E / 46.2911; 3.3658
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Journet[1]
Area 1	22.18 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	627
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03204 /03500
Elevation	228–266 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 is a commune with 693 residents (as of January 1, 2017) 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 Moulin and the canton of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule. Its residents are called Parodiens.

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[]

See also[]

• Communes of the Allier department

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.

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