Montpensier

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Montpensier
Montpensier coat of arms
Montpensier (France)
Montpensier
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Riom
Canton Aigueperse
Community association Plaine Limagne
Coordinates 46 ° 2 '  N , 3 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 2 '  N , 3 ° 13'  E
height 346-436 m
surface 7.24 km 2
Residents 447 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 62 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 63260
INSEE code

Montpensier is a French municipality with 447 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the canton of Aigueperse in the Riom arrondissement .

Montpensier is an Auvergne village on the national road 9 northeast of Aigueperse . Montpensier Castle is also located here , where King Louis VIII the Lion died on November 8th, 1226.

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