Giat
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
Arrondissement | Riom | |
Canton | Saint-Ours | |
Community association | Chavanon Combrailles et Volcans | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 48 ' N , 2 ° 28' E | |
height | 704-824 m | |
surface | 47.95 km 2 | |
Residents | 816 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 63620 | |
INSEE code | 63165 | |
![]() Giat Town Hall |
Giat is a French municipality with 816 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Riom and the canton of Saint-Ours (until 2015: canton of Pontaumur ). The inhabitants are called Giatois .
location
Giat is located about 47 kilometers west-northwest of Clermont-Ferrand in the old cultural landscape of the Combrailles on the Sioulet . Giat is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Celle in the north, Condat-en-Combrailles in the north-east, Saint-Étienne-des-Champs in the east and north-east, Voingt in the east, Verneugheol in the south, Saint-Merd-la-Breuille in the south-west, Flayat in the west and south-west, Fernoël in the west and Basville in the west and north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2013 |
Residents | 1,521 | 1,516 | 1,374 | 1,152 | 1,049 | 958 | 901 | 848 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint Barthélemy Church
- Remains of a hill fort