Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy

Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy

The church in Saint-Léopardin d'Augy
Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy

Coordinates: 46°41′02″N 3°06′17″E / 46.6839°N 3.1047°ECoordinates: 46°41′02″N 3°06′17″E / 46.6839°N 3.1047°E
Country France
Region Auvergne
Department Allier
Arrondissement Moulins
Canton Lurcy-Lévis
Intercommunality Pays de Lévis en Bocage Bourbonnais
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Norbert Brunol
Area1 39.59 km2 (15.29 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 361
 • Density 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 03241 / 03160
Elevation 185–305 m (607–1,001 ft)
(avg. 237 m or 778 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.

History

The commune is a result of the fusion of two previous towns (each from a parish of the Old Regime), St. Léopardin and Augy, by order of King Louis Philippe on June 18, 1843. During the French Revolution, the commune was called Vivier.

The name of St. Léopardin comes from that of a hermit, saint Léopardin, whose life seems just as legendary as that of St. Menoux. The priory of St. Léopardin is built where the hermit had lived.

Geography

The town is bordered by two rivers: the Allier, in the northeast and north, which forms its boundary with Chantenay-Saint-Imbert and Livry, and Burge, in the east, tributary of the Allier, which forms most of its border with the town of Aubigny.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962551—    
1968590+7.1%
1975504−14.6%
1982436−13.5%
1990345−20.9%
1999328−4.9%
2008361+10.1%

See also

References

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy.