Lapalisse

This article is about a place in France. For the French nobleman, seeJacques de la Palice.

Lapalisse
Commune
The church in Lapalisse
Coat of arms
Location of Lapalisse
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Coordinates:46°15′01″N3°38′17″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Lapalisse
Intercommunality	Pays de Lapalisse
Government
• Mayor(2020–2026)	Jacques de Chabannes
Area 1	33.01 km2(12.75 sq mi)
Population (2021)	3,137
• Density	95/km2(250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00(CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00(CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03138/03120
Elevation	264–465 m (866–1,526 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft)
1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lapalisse(French pronunciation:[lapalis];Occitan:La Paliça) is acommunein theAllierdepartment,central France. The BolshevikJeanne Labourbe(1877–1919) and theorganistÉmile Bourdon(1884–1974) were born in Lapalisse. The 11th centuryChâteau de La Paliceis located in the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,409 — 1800 1,665 −5.14% 1806 1,890 +2.14% 1821 2,061 +0.58% 1831 2,245 +0.86% 1836 2,286 +0.36% 1841 2,401 +0.99% 1846 2,670 +2.15% 1851 2,696 +0.19% 1856 2,665 −0.23% 1861 2,801 +1.00% 1866 2,821 +0.14% 1872 2,771 −0.30% 1876 2,746 −0.23% 1881 2,900 +1.10% 1886 2,952 +0.36% 1891 2,904 −0.33% 1896 2,941 +0.25%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,847 −0.65% 1906 2,971 +0.86% 1911 2,913 −0.39% 1921 2,732 −0.64% 1926 2,958 +1.60% 1931 3,158 +1.32% 1936 3,234 +0.48% 1946 3,260 +0.08% 1954 3,182 −0.30% 1962 3,349 +0.64% 1968 3,528 +0.87% 1975 3,605 +0.31% 1982 3,553 −0.21% 1990 3,603 +0.17% 1999 3,332 −0.87% 2007 3,196 −0.52% 2012 3,122 −0.47% 2017 3,123 +0.01%
Source: EHESSand INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Allier department