Montaigut-le-Blanc (Puy-de-Dôme)

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Montaigut-le-Blanc
Coat of arms of Montaigut-le-Blanc
Montaigut-le-Blanc (France)
Montaigut-le-Blanc
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Issoire
Canton Le Sancy
Community association Agglo Pays d'Issoire
Coordinates 45 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 35 '  N , 3 ° 5'  E
height 474-879 m
surface 22.26 km 2
Residents 864 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 63320
INSEE code
Website http://perso.wanadoo.fr/montaigut.leblanc/index.htm

Town hall (Mairie) of Montaigut-le-Blanc

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Montaigut-le-Blanc is a French municipality with 864 inhabitants (at 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 Issoire and the canton of Le Sancy (until 2015 Champeix ). The inhabitants are called Montacutins .

location

Montaigut-le-Blanc is located about 24 kilometers south-southeast of Clermont-Ferrand on the Couze Chambon in Limagne . Montaigut-le-Blanc is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Olloix in the north and north-west, Ludesse in the north and north-east, Champeix in the east, Clémensat in the south-east, Saint-Floret in the south and south-east, Creste in the south-west, Grandreyrolles in the west and Saint-Nectaire in the West and northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 592 524 530 507 568 601 717 825
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Menhir of Gourdon
  • Saint Blaise Church
  • Castle ruins, monument historique since 1889
  • medieval town gate from the 13th century, monument historique since 1926
  • Tower of Rognon

Web links

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