Le Monestier
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
| Arrondissement | Ambert | |
| Canton | Les Monts du Livradois | |
| Community association | Ambert Livradois Forez | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 34 ′ N , 3 ° 40 ′ E | |
| height | 753-1,215 m | |
| surface | 17.31 km 2 | |
| Residents | 210 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 63890 | |
| INSEE code | 63230 | |
Le Monestier is a French municipality with 210 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (before 2016: Auvergne ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Ambert and the canton of Les Monts du Livradois (until 2015: canton of Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine ).
geography
Le Monestier is located about 42 kilometers east-southeast of Clermont-Ferrand in the Livradois-Forez Regional Nature Park . Neighboring municipalities of Le Monestier are Grandval in the north and north-west, Tholières in the north-east, Ambert in the east, Saint-Ferréol-des-Côtes in the east and south-east, Champétières in the south-east, Chambon-sur-Dolore in the south, Fournols in the south-west and Saint-Amant -Roche-Savine to the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 374 | 336 | 289 | 235 | 190 | 177 | 179 | 205 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Antoine church from the 15th century, monument historique since 1976
