Aydat

Aydat
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Clermont-Ferrand
Canton	Orcines
Community association	Mond'Arverne Communauté
Coordinates	45 ° 40 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 40 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ E
height	620-1,142 m
surface	50.22 km 2
Residents	2,373 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	47 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	63970
INSEE code	63026

Aydat is a French commune with 2,373 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes in the Puy-de-Dôme in the Arrondissement Clermont-Ferrand in the canton of Orcines .

geography

The widely ramified municipality consists of the villages of Aydat, Ponteix, Rouillas-Bas, Rouillas-Haut, La Cassière, La Garandie, Saint-Julien, Veyreras, Verneuge, Fontclairant, Prades, Sauteyras, Le Lot, Phialeix and Le Mas et de Fohet . With the volcanic heights in the municipality, this covers 50.22 square kilometers and is 620 to 1142 meters above sea level .

The volcanic mountains in the municipality are:

Puy de Montjuger , 1142 m
Puy de Charmont , 1138 m
Puy de la Rodde , 1127 m
Puy de Combregrasse , 1120 m
Puy de Vichâtel , 1094 m
Puy de Boursoux , 1057 m
Puy de la Toupe , 1061 m
Mont Redon , 872 m

Attractions

Lac d'Aydat, 85 hectares in size and 15 meters deep
Lac de la Cassière
Menhir de Fohet , 5 meters high
Church of Saint Sidoine in Aydat, Romanesque (12th / 13th centuries), 19th century bell tower; to Sidoine, bishop and writer of the 5th century
Church in Rouillas-bas with a wooden statue of Saint-Jacques (16th century)
Saint-Julien Church in Fohet (15th century)
Two 15th century crosses in Fohet
Ruins of a headquarters of the Knights Templar
In Ponteix church with Romanesque capitals, in front of it the "Fontaine-Calvaire" fountain
Château de Montlosier (18th century), information center of the Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Nature Park with an exhibition on volcanism
Ruins of the Château de Montredon on Mont Redon

Lac d'Aydat
Lac de la Cassière
Saint Sidoine Church in Aydat
Interior of the Saint Sidoine church
Church of Rouillat-Bas
Church of Ponteix
Fontaine- Calvaire fountain in Ponteix
Puy de Combregrasse

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