| Paray-sous-Briailles | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Paray-sous-Briailles.svg |
| Arrondissement: | Moulins |
| Canton: | Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule |
| Insee: | 03204 |
| Postal Code: | 03500 |
| Mayor: | Gilles Journet[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Coordinates: | 46.2911°N 3.3658°W |
| Elevation M: | 234 |
| Elevation Min M: | 228 |
| Elevation Max M: | 266 |
| Area Km2: | 22.18 |
Paray-sous-Briailles (in French pronounced as /paʁɛ su bʁijaj/; Occitan (post 1500);: Pareit de Bralhas) is a commune in the French department of Allier in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region; before 2016, it belonged to the Auvergne region. Paray-sous-Briailles is located in the arrondissement (eng. administrative region) of Moulins and the canton of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule.
Paray-sous-Briailles lies about 35 kilometers south-southeast of Moulins and 23 kilometers north-northwest of Vichy on the Allier river, which borders the municipality from the east. Paray-sous-Briailles is bordered by the municipalities of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule to the north and west, Varennes-sur-Allier to the north and east, Créchy to the southeast, Marcenat to the south, as well as Loriges to the south and southwest.
Its residents are called Parodiens in French.
Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Allier. Volume 2. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999,, p. 958-959.