Loubeyrat
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
| Arrondissement | Riom | |
| Canton | Saint-Georges-de-Mons | |
| Community association | Combrailles Sioule et Morge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 56 ' N , 3 ° 1' E | |
| height | 440-869 m | |
| surface | 23.93 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,342 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 56 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 63410 | |
| INSEE code | 63198 | |
| Website | loubeyrat63.blogspot.fr/ | |
Loubeyrat is a French commune with 1,342 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 Riom and the canton of Saint-Georges-de-Mons (until 2015: canton of Manzat ). The inhabitants are called Boueyratoux .
geography
Loubeyrat is located about nine kilometers north-west of Riom and about eighteen kilometers north-north-west of Clermont-Ferrand in the Monts Dômes in the Regional Nature Park Volcans d'Auvergne ( French Parc naturel régional des Volcans d'Auvergne ). Loubeyrat is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Charbonnières-les-Vieilles in the north, Teilhède in the northeast, Prompsat in the east, Châtelguyon in the southeast, Charbonnières-les-Varennes in the south and Manzat in the west and northwest.
The Autoroute A89 runs along the western and northern edge of the municipality.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 636 | 596 | 567 | 614 | 777 | 862 | 1,076 | 1,209 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Romanesque church from the 12th century, so-called Cathedral of the Mountains
- Romanesque chapel
- Chazeron Castle
Chazeron Castle
