Combrailles

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Combrailles
Combrailles (France)
Combrailles
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Riom
Canton Saint-Ours
Community association Chavanon Combrailles et Volcans
Coordinates 45 ° 50 ′  N , 2 ° 38 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′  N , 2 ° 38 ′  E
height 550-748 m
surface 20.61 km 2
Residents 218 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 11 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 63380
INSEE code

Combrailles is a French municipality with 218 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016 Auvergne ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Riom and the canton of Saint-Ours (until 2015 Pontaumur ).

location

Combrailles is located about 48 kilometers west-northwest of Clermont-Ferrand in the old cultural landscape of the same name. Combrailles is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Landogne in the north, Pontaumur in the north and east, Saint-Hilaire-les-Monges in the south and south-east, Puy-Saint-Gulmier in the south, Saint-Étienne-des-Champs in the west and south-west and Condat- et-Combraille to the west and north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 326 302 241 231 220 202 206 222
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Martial church

Web links

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