Aydat
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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 | |
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
Web links
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