Escoutoux

Escoutoux
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Thiers
Canton	Thiers
Community association	Thiers Dore et Montagne
Coordinates	45 ° 49 ′  N , 3 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 49 ′  N , 3 ° 34 ′  E
height	295-829 m
surface	27.4 km 2
Residents	1,348 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	49 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	63300
INSEE code	63151

Escoutoux ( Occitan : Escotons ) is a French commune in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Thiers and the Canton of Thiers . The municipality has 1,348 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

Location and traffic

Escoutoux is about 37 kilometers east-northeast of Clermont-Ferrand . The Dore River limits the community on the edge of the Forez Mountains to the west. Escoutoux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Thiers in the north, Celles-sur-Durolle in the northeast, Sainte-Agathe in the east, Vollore-Ville in the southeast, Courpière in the south, Néronde-sur-Dore in the west and southwest and Peschadoires in the west.

Escoutoux is now part of the Livradois-Forez Regional Nature Park .

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
777	681	680	798	1,034	1,131	1,243	1,345
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Personalities

• Jean Anglade (1915-2017), writer

Web links

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