Orcines

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Orcines
Orcines Coat of Arms
Orcines (France)
Orcines
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Clermont-Ferrand
Canton Orcines (main town)
Community association Clermont Auvergne Métropole
Coordinates 45 ° 47 '  N , 3 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 47 '  N , 3 ° 1'  E
height 480-1,465 m
surface 42.73 km 2
Residents 3,388 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 79 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 63870
INSEE code
Website http://www.orcines.fr/

Orcines Town Hall

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Orcines is a French commune in the Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes in the Arrondissement Clermont-Ferrand . It belongs to the canton of Royt until the end of 2014 and will be the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Orcines from March 1, 2015 . The community has 3388 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

geography

View of the mountains at Orcines

Orcines is located on the Puy de Dômes , on the Chaîne des Puys , a chain of several volcanic elevations in the Massif Central with mountains at 1200 and 1460 meters. Orcines is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Chanat-la-Mouteyre in the north, Durtol in the northeast, Chamalières and Clermont-Ferrand in the east, Royat in the southeast, Saint-Genès-Champanelle in the south, Mazaye in the west and Saint-Ours in the northwest.

history

In the community there are remains of a Mercury temple (hence the double-wound serpent staff) from the Gallo-Roman period.

Number of inhabitants
(source: INSEE )
year 1921 1936 1946 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 1,368 1,370 1,304 1,569 1,814 2,104 2,516 2,873 3,067 3,255 3,282
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence

Attractions

Saint-Julien church

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Orcines  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Orcines on the Insee website Source 1921–1946: André-Georges Manry: Histoire de Clermont-Ferrand. Bouhdiba et al., Clermont-Ferrand 1993, ISBN 2-903377-15-4 , p. 392.