Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

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Coordinates: 45°30′55″N 1°12′15″E / 45.51528, 1.20417

Commune of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

Location
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (France)
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
Administration
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement Limoges
Canton Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (chief town)
Intercommunality CC du Pays de Saint-Yrieix
Mayor Daniel Boisserie
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 283 m–498 m
(avg. 369 m)
Land area¹ 100.98 km²
Population²
(1999)
7,251
 - Density 71/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 87187/ 87500
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

sSaint-Yrieix-la-Perche (Occitan: Sent Iriès) is a commune of the Haute-Vienne département in France.

Its name refers to Saint Yrieix (Aredius).

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[edit] Town Crest

Per pale Azure and Gules, three golden fleurs de lys, golden Bishop's Crosier.

[edit] Demographics

At the 1999 census, the population was 7,251. On 1 January 2006, the estimate was 7,007.

Inhabitants are known as Arédiens.

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