Lapalisse

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

Lapalisse
Commune
The church in Lapalisse
Coat of arms
Lapalisse Lapalisse
Coordinates: 46°15′01″N 3°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)
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)
1 French 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 a commune in the Allier department, central France. The organist Émile Bourdon (1884–1974) was born in Lapalisse. The 11th century Château de La Palice is 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: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Allier department