Champeix

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Champeix
Champeix coat of arms
Champeix (France)
Champeix
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Issoire
Canton Le Sancy
Community association Agglo Pays d'Issoire
Coordinates 45 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 8'  E
height 428-760 m
surface 12.12 km 2
Residents 1,360 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 112 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 63320
INSEE code 63080

View of the town taken from Marchidial Castle

Champeix is a French commune of the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Administratively, it is in the Arrondissement of Issoire in the canton of Le Sancy .

geography

Champeix on the Couze Chambon

The traditional trading center in Auvergne with 1,360 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) is located on the vine- planted slopes of the Couze Chambon valley at the fork in the road where the two roads of Issoire (11 kilometers) and Clermont-Ferrand (21 kilometers) join the mountain road in the direction of the Monts Dore massif.

Since the village is located in a narrow valley enclosed by hills, it can barely expand.

history

Toponyms of the place in the Middle Ages were: Champeils (1214) and Champelhs (1373).

coat of arms

Blazon : On red a small, silver, black brick tower enclosed in a "C" of the same color; the whole crowned by a golden crown.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009
Residents 1,075 1.104 1,097 1,164 1,087 1,135 1,340

Attractions

Saint-Jean du Marchidial castle chapel on the castle hill
  • The Romanesque Holy Cross Church ( Église Sainte-Croix ), which dominates the village, is now the parish church of the community . It used to be the Camaldolese monastery church . The building has been a French cultural monument since 1926 .
  • The Château du Marchidial was the second residence of the Dauphin of Auvergne in the 12th century . The Donjon was in 1633, like so many in the region, at the behest of Richelieu razed. From 1988 onwards it was restored by a local association. The associated garden has developed into a tourist attraction. The castle complex has been a French cultural monument since 2006.
  • The castle chapel Église Saint-Jean du Marchidial dates from the 12th century. The interior is decorated with frescoes from the 13th and 17th centuries, which were restored in 1993. The chapel and the associated rectory have been a French cultural monument since 2006.
  • Parts of the city fortifications
  • There is another chapel on the Route de Plauzat , which dates from the 19th century.
  • At the entrance to the village stands the menhir Pierre Fichade , which has been a French cultural monument since 1889.

Sons of the community

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry no. PA00091943 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Entry no. PA00092503 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. ↑ Entry no. PA00092503 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ↑ Entry no. PA00091944 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. ↑ Entry no. PA00091945 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

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