La Tour d'Auvergne

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La Tour d'Auvergne
Coat of arms of La Tour-d'Auvergne
La Tour-d'Auvergne (France)
La Tour d'Auvergne
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Issoire
Canton Le Sancy
Community association Dômes Sancy Artense
Coordinates 45 ° 32 '  N , 2 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 32 '  N , 2 ° 41'  E
height 719-1,691 m
surface 48.29 km 2
Residents 640 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 63680
INSEE code

La Tour d'Auvergne is a French commune of 640 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Issoire and the Canton of Le Sancy .

The municipality is part of the Volcans d'Auvergne Regional Nature Park .

history

La Tour-d'Auvergne was originally called La Tour and is the ancestral home of the House of La Tour, later the House of La Tour d'Auvergne , the name of which was changed by the place.

Population development

  • 1962: 0957
  • 1968: 1,025
  • 1975: 0858
  • 1982: 0824
  • 1990: 0778
  • 1999: 0719
  • 2013: 0653

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