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La Tour-d'Auvergne

Coordinates: 45°32′N 2°41′E / 45.53°N 2.69°E / 45.53; 2.69
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La Tour-d'Auvergne
La Tor d'Auvèrnhe (Occitan)
The Saint-Louis church in La Tour-d'Auvergne
The Saint-Louis church in La Tour-d'Auvergne
Coat of arms of La Tour-d'Auvergne
Location of La Tour-d'Auvergne
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La Tour-d'Auvergne is located in France
La Tour-d'Auvergne
La Tour-d'Auvergne
La Tour-d'Auvergne is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
La Tour-d'Auvergne
La Tour-d'Auvergne
Coordinates: 45°32′N 2°41′E / 45.53°N 2.69°E / 45.53; 2.69
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentPuy-de-Dôme
ArrondissementIssoire
CantonLe Sancy
IntercommunalityDômes Sancy Artense
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Yannick Tournadre[1]
Area
1
48.29 km2 (18.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
626
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
63192 /63680
Elevation719–1,691 m (2,359–5,548 ft)
(avg. 1,000 m or 3,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Tour-d'Auvergne (French pronunciation: [la tuʁ dovɛʁɲ], before 1961: Latour, Occitan: La Tor d'Auvèrnhe) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.[3]

Geography

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The commune of La Tour-d'Auvergne is located on the west slope of the Massif du Sancy, at the southwestern extremity of the Puy-de-Dôme departement. It is 60 km (37 miles) away from Clermont-Ferrand and is crossed by the départementale 203 linking the A89 motorway and the départementale 2089 to Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise and Issoire. La Tour-d'Auvergne was the chef-lieu of the canton until 2015, and was composed of eight communes (La Tour-d'Auvergne, Bagnols, Puy-de-Dôme, Cros, Puy-de-Dôme, Trémouille-Saint-Loup, Chastreix, Saint-Donat, Picherande and Saint-Genès-Champespe). On the Artense plateau, which extends itself in between Cantal and the Tarentaine river south, the dam retention of Bort-les-Orgues, the Corrèze and the Avèse gorges west, La Bourboule and Mont-Dore glacier valley north and the massif du Sancy east, La Tour-d'Auvergne is an ancient village which holds its foundations on a basaltic piton, an old vestige of a volcanic flow of the massif du Sancy when it was a volcano, more than 250 000 years ago. Standing on a natural promontory, the village is located in between the Burande valleys and its tributary, the Burandou.

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file