Veyre-Monton
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
| Arrondissement | Clermont-Ferrand | |
| Canton | Les Martres-de-Veyre | |
| Community association | Mond'Arverne Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 41 ′ N , 3 ° 9 ′ E | |
| height | 347-621 m | |
| surface | 12.11 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,542 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 292 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 63960 | |
| INSEE code | 63455 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-veyremonton.fr/ | |
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Veyre-Monton is a French municipality with 3542 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Veyre-Monton belongs to the Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand and the canton of Les Martres-de-Veyre (until 2015 chief town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Veyre-Monton ).
geography
Veyre-Monton is located on the Veyre River , about 16 kilometers south-southeast of Clermont-Ferrand . Veyre-Monton is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Orcet in the north, Les Martres-de-Veyre in the east, Corent in the south-east, La Sauvetat in the south, Tallende in the west and south-west and Le Crest in the north-west.
The A75 autoroute as well as the former Route nationale 9 and Route nationale 678 run through the municipality .
| year | 1921 | 1936 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 1,092 | 943 | 765 | 992 | 1,187 | 1,652 | 2,572 | 3,381 | 3,443 | 3,349 | 3,542 |
Attractions
- The Virgin of Monton , a sculpture by Aristide Belloc from 1869, also the fourth largest statue in France with a height of 21 meters and a weight of about 200 tons, at the foot of the base there is a German cannon
- Parts of the Corent oppidum
Personalities
- Agénor Bardoux (1829–1897), lawyer, writer and politician (Minister of Culture during the Third Republic), was the last Justice of the Peace of Veyre-Monton
- Anthony Vernon Cotter (* 1962), New Zealand rugby coach, lived in Veyre-Monton from 2006 to 2010
- Jamie Cudmore (* 1978), Canadian rugby player, lives in Veyre-Monton
