Champétières

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Champétières
Champétières coat of arms
Champétières (France)
Champétières
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Ambert
Canton Ambert
Community association Ambert Livradois Forez
Coordinates 45 ° 31 '  N , 3 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 31 '  N , 3 ° 42'  E
height 534-1,205 m
surface 18.54 km 2
Residents 272 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 63600
INSEE code

Champétières is a French municipality with 272 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Ambert and the canton of Ambert .

geography

Champétières is located about 50 kilometers southeast of Clermont-Ferrand and 52 kilometers west-northwest of Saint-Étienne in the Livradois-Forez Regional Nature Park . Champétières is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Ferréol-des-Côtes in the north and east, Marsac-en-Livradois in the south and south-east, Chambon-sur-Dolore in the west and south-west and Le Monestier in the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 351 307 247 233 247 258 252 244
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Sébastien church from the 15th century, a historic monument since 1990
  • Notre-Dame-de-Mons church from the 15th century, a historic monument since 1990
  • Le Bouy castle from the 16th century, monument historique since 2010

Web links

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