Lapalisse

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

Lapalisse
The church in Lapalisse The church in Lapalisse
Coat of arms of Lapalisse Coat of arms
Lapalisse
Location within Auvergne region Lapalisse
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Lapalisse
Intercommunality	Pays de Lapalisse
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jacques de Chabannes
Area1	33.01 km2 (12.75 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	3,122
• Density	95/km2 (240/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Lapalisse (Occitan: La Paliça) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1794	2,409	—
1800	1,665	−30.9%
1806	1,890	+13.5%
1820	2,061	+9.0%
1831	2,245	+8.9%
1836	2,286	+1.8%
1841	2,401	+5.0%
1846	2,670	+11.2%
1851	2,696	+1.0%
1856	2,665	−1.1%
1861	2,801	+5.1%
1866	2,821	+0.7%
1872	2,771	−1.8%
1876	2,746	−0.9%
1881	2,900	+5.6%
1886	2,952	+1.8%
1891	2,904	−1.6%
1896	2,941	+1.3%
1901	2,847	−3.2%
1906	2,971	+4.4%
1911	2,913	−2.0%
1921	2,732	−6.2%
1926	2,958	+8.3%
1931	3,158	+6.8%
1936	3,234	+2.4%
1946	3,260	+0.8%
1954	3,182	−2.4%
1962	3,349	+5.2%
1968	3,528	+5.3%
1975	3,605	+2.2%
1982	3,553	−1.4%
1990	3,603	+1.4%
1999	3,302	−8.4%
2008	3,175	−3.8%
2012	3,122	−1.7%
Source: INSEE (1968–2012)

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

• INSEE