Gerzat
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
| Arrondissement | Clermont-Ferrand | |
| Canton | Gerzat (main town) | |
| Community association | Clermont Auvergne Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 50 ' N , 3 ° 9' E | |
| height | 315-349 m | |
| surface | 16.28 km 2 | |
| Residents | 10,365 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 637 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 63360 | |
| INSEE code | 63164 | |
| Website | www.ville-gerzat.fr/ | |
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Gerzat is a French municipality with 10,365 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand and is the capital of the canton of the same name .
geography
Gerzat is a banlieue in the north of Clermont-Ferrand in the middle of the Limagne plain on the Bedat river and at the feet of the Chaîne des Puys . Gerzat is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Ménétrol in the north, Saint-Beauzire in the northeast, Malintrat in the southeast, Clermont-Ferrand in the south, and Cébazat in the west.
Population development
- 1962: 3.738
- 1968: 5,659
- 1975: 7.666
- 1982: 8,826
- 1990: 9.229
- 1999: 9,071
- 2006: 9,900
- 2013: 10,404
Parish partnership
There is a partnership with the Portuguese municipality of Taíde , Braga district.
Culture and sights
The Festival International de Chant Choral de Gerzat takes place here regularly .
The following buildings are worth seeing:
- the 16th century Croix du Vignal, monument historique since 1908
- the Château de Sampigny, Monument historique since 1976
- the bronze clock tower from 1613, monument historique since 1963
- several sculptures
- the Saint-Jean du Patural church, built in the 13th century
