Saint-Priest-des-Champs
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
Arrondissement | Riom | |
Canton | Saint-Éloy-les-Mines | |
Community association | Pays de Saint-Éloy | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 0 ′ N , 2 ° 46 ′ E | |
height | 500-716 m | |
surface | 45.09 km 2 | |
Residents | 702 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 63640 | |
INSEE code | 63388 | |
Website | http://saint-priest-des-champs-passionnement.over-blog.com/ | |
Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Priest-des-Champs |
Saint-Priest-des-Champs is a French municipality with 702 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Riom and the canton of Saint-Éloy-les-Mines (until 2015: canton of Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Priestois .
location
Saint-Priest-des-Champs is located about 29 kilometers west-northwest of Riom and about 34 kilometers northwest of Clermont-Ferrand . The Sioule River forms the southeastern municipal boundary. Saint-Priest-des-Champs is surrounded by the neighboring communities Espinasse in the north and northwest, Saint-Julien-Geneste and Gottières in the north, Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne in the east and northeast, Sauret-Besserve in the east, Les Ancizes-Comps in the southeast, Miremont in the south and Biollet in the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 1.009 | 1,026 | 800 | 710 | 662 | 678 | 695 | 740 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- La Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
Parish partnership
There is a partnership with the German municipality of Hohentengen in Baden-Württemberg via the Communauté de communes Cœur de Combrailles. Another partnership exists with the Spanish municipality of Talavera in Catalonia.