Artonne

Artonne
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Riom
Canton	Aigueperse
Community association	Plaine Limagne
Coordinates	46 ° 0 ′ N , 3 ° 9 ′ E Coordinates: 46 ° 0 ′ N , 3 ° 9 ′ E
height	334-532 m
surface	17.48 km 2
Residents	898 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	51 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	63460
INSEE code	63012
Website	http://artonne.pagesperso-orange.fr/
	; Artonne Town Hall (Mairie)

Artonne is a municipality with 898 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in central France Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Riom and the canton of Aigueperse .

location

Artonne is about 14 kilometers north-northeast of Riom . Artonne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Agoulin in the north, Chaptuzat in the north and northeast, Aigueperse in the east and northeast, Aubiat in the southeast, La Moutade and Saint-Myon in the south, Combronde in the southwest and Jozerande in the west and northwest.

history

Artonne already appeared in Gregory of Tours as Artona or Arthona and is as a village ( vicus ) of the Arverni described.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2013
Residents	721	714	685	753	779	762	773	845
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint Martin Church

Saint-Martin church from the 12th century, monument historique since 1886

Le Verger Castle from the 17th / 18th centuries Century, since 2010 Monument historique

Web links

Commons : Artonne - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

^ Gregor von Tours, Gloria confessorum 5. Cf. Max Ihm : Artona vicus . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, col. 1460.

[1] Gregor von Tours, Gloria confessorum 5. Cf. Max Ihm : Artona vicus . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, col. 1460.