Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

Town Hall.

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Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche

Coordinates: 45°30′55″N 1°12′15″E / 45.5153°N 1.2042°E / 45.5153; 1.2042Coordinates: 45°30′55″N 1°12′15″E / 45.5153°N 1.2042°E / 45.5153; 1.2042
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement Limoges
Canton Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
Intercommunality Pays de Saint-Yrieix
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Daniel Boisserie
Area1 100.98 km2 (38.99 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 7,473
  Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 87187 / 87500
Elevation 283–498 m (928–1,634 ft)
(avg. 369 m or 1,211 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-Yrieix-la-Perche (Occitan: Sent Iriès) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in west-central France.

Its name refers to Saint Yrieix (Aredius).

Inhabitants are known as Arédiens.

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