Chassagne
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
| Arrondissement | Issoire | |
| Canton | Brassac-les-Mines | |
| Community association | Agglo Pays d'Issoire | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 30 ′ N , 3 ° 4 ′ E | |
| height | 622-1,252 m | |
| surface | 16.06 km 2 | |
| Residents | 73 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 5 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 63320 | |
| INSEE code | 63097 | |
Chassagne is a French municipality with 73 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Issoire and the canton of Brassac-les-Mines (until 2015 Ardes ).
geography
Chassagne is about nineteen kilometers southwest of Issoire on the eastern slope of the Massif Central . Chassagne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Courgoul in the north and north-west, Saint-Floret in the north and north-east, Tourzel-Ronzières in the north-east, Vodable in the east, Dauzat-sur-Vodable in the south and south-east, Roche-Charles-la-Mayrand in the south-west as well Valbeleix to the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 189 | 155 | 143 | 124 | 113 | 109 | 104 | 77 |
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Attractions
- former Cistercian monastery Mègemont , founded in 1199 and built until 1206, dissolved in 1790, Monument historique since 1996
- Saint-Pierre church, historic monument since 1993
Mègemont Monastery
Saint-Pierre church
Personalities
- François Jourde (1843–1893), politician, part of the Paris Commune
