Viscomtat
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Puy-de-Dôme | |
Arrondissement | Thiers | |
Canton | Thiers | |
Community association | Thiers Dore et Montagne | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 50 ′ N , 3 ° 41 ′ E | |
height | 606-1,123 m | |
surface | 25.44 km 2 | |
Residents | 530 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 63250 | |
INSEE code | 63463 |
Viscomtat is a French commune in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Thiers and the canton of Thiers (until 2015: canton of Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle ). The municipality has 530 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
Location and traffic
Viscomtat is about 46 kilometers east-northeast of Clermont-Ferrand on the edge of the Forez mountains . Viscomtat is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Celles-sur-Durolle in the north and north-west, Chabreloche in the north-east, Noirétable in the east, Vollore-Montagne in the south and Sainte-Agathe in the west.
Viscomtat is now part of the Livradois-Forez Regional Nature Park .
history
In 1833 the municipality became independent from the neighboring municipality of Celles-sur-Durolle.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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988 | 1,022 | 902 | 823 | 760 | 680 | 640 | 555 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |