Volvic

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Volvic
Coat of arms of Volvic
Volvic (France)
Volvic
region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Riom
Canton Châtel-Guyon
Community association Riom Limagne et Volcans
Coordinates 45 ° 52 ′  N , 3 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 ′  N , 3 ° 2 ′  E
height 392-998 m
surface 27.78 km 2
Residents 4,487 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 162 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 63530
INSEE code

Tournoël Castle in Volvic

Volvic is a French municipality with 4487 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Riom and there in the canton of Châtel-Guyon .

The mineral water of the same name , which is now sold by the Danone Group, comes from Volvic . Another local industry is the mining of the black volcanic rock trachyandesite .

geography

The municipality of Volvic is located on the northeastern edge of the Massif Central , about 14 kilometers north-north-west of Clermont-Ferrand and 44 kilometers south-west of Vichy . The territory of the 27.78 km² community extends from the 988 m high Puy de la Nugère in the west to the edge of the protected rift valley of the Limagne in the east. The districts of Tournoël, Crouzol, Le Lac, Les Riaumes, Viallard, Moulet-Marcenat, Luzet, Le Cratère and Tourtoule belong to Volvic . Neighboring municipalities of Volvic are Enval in the northeast, Malauzat in the east and southeast, Sayat in the south, Chanat-la-Mouteyre and Saint-Ours in the southwest and Charbonnières-les-Varennes in the west and northwest.

Attractions

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009
Residents 2,681 3,030 3,253 3,587 3,930 4,202 4,582

Community partnerships

Personalities

Web links

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

literature

  • Johannes Baier (2020): The Chaîne des Puys in the Auvergne. - Fossils 37 (2): 46-56.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Philippe Gloaguen, et al .: Le Routard - Le guide de la visite d'entreprise . No. 79/0425/0 . Hachette Livre, Vanves 2016, ISBN 978-2-01-323703-1 , pp. 238 f .