Chaspinhac
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Haute Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Le Puy-en-Velay | |
| Canton | Le Puy-en-Velay-2 | |
| Community association | Puy-en-Velay | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 5 ' N , 3 ° 57' E | |
| height | 572-937 m | |
| surface | 16.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 845 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 51 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 43700 | |
| INSEE code | 43061 | |
| Website | http://www.commune-chaspinhac.fr/ | |
Chaspinhac is a French municipality with 845 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Haute-Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Le Puy-en-Velay and the canton Le Puy-en-Velay-2 (until 2015: canton Le Puy-en-Velay-Nord ).
geography
Chaspinhac is located about six kilometers northeast of Le Puy-en-Velay on the Sumène River , which flows into the Loire here , in the heart of the Velay . Chaspinhac is surrounded by the neighboring communities Lavoûte-sur-Loire in the north and north-west, Malrevers in the east, Blavozy in the south-east, Saint-Germain-Laprade in the south, Le Monteil in the south-west and Polignac in the west and south-west. In the municipality, the Mont Serre rises at 914 meters.
history
In 1866, the previously independent municipality of Saint-Quentin was incorporated. In the meantime, the community was called Saint-Quentin-Chaspinhac .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 279 | 229 | 258 | 386 | 484 | 540 | 671 | 783 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Julien church
