Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy

Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy
The church in Saint-Léopardin d'Augy The church in Saint-Léopardin d'Augy
Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy
Location within Auvergne region Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Bourbon-l'Archambault
Intercommunality	Pays de Lévis en Bocage Bourbonnais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Norbert Brunol
Area1	39.59 km2 (15.29 sq mi)
Population (2013)2	342
• Density	8.6/km2 (22/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-Rhône-Alpes 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
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	551	—
1968	590	+7.1%
1975	504	−14.6%
1982	436	−13.5%
1990	345	−20.9%
1999	328	−4.9%
2008	361	+10.1%
2013	342	−5.3%
Source: INSEE (1968–2013)

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

• INSEE