Royat
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Royat | |
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The town hall in Royat | |
Coordinates: 45°45′54″N 3°03′00″E / 45.765°N 3.05°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
Arrondissement | Clermont-Ferrand |
Canton | Chamalières[1] |
Intercommunality | Clermont Auvergne Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Marcel Aledo[2] |
Area 1 | 6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | 4,403 |
• Density | 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 63308 /63130 |
Elevation | 457–904 m (1,499–2,966 ft) (avg. 728 m or 2,388 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Royat (French pronunciation: [ʁwaja]; Occitan: Roiat) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.[4] As of 2019, its population was 4,359.[5]
Since Roman times, its thermal springs have made it a spa town, and the remains of the Roman baths are still visible.[6]
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 4,416 | — |
1975 | 4,467 | +0.16% |
1982 | 4,072 | −1.31% |
1990 | 3,950 | −0.38% |
1999 | 4,658 | +1.85% |
2007 | 4,613 | −0.12% |
2012 | 4,590 | −0.10% |
2017 | 4,651 | +0.26% |
2019 | 4,359 | −3.19% |
Source: INSEE[7] |
Points of interest
[edit]International relations
[edit]Royat is twinned with Abertyleri, Blaenau Gwent, Wales.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Decree 2014-210/Décret 2014-210 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme". Légifrance (in French). 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Populations légales 2019: 63 Puy-de-Dôme, INSEE
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Abertillery – Twinned with Royat". Abertillery & Llanhilleth Community Council. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- Brandt, George Henry (1880). Royat (Les Bains) in Auvergne: Its Mineral Waters and Climate. H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd.
- Clermont-Ferrand, Royat and Surroundings. Manufacture française des pneumatiques Michelin. 1919.
External links
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- (in French) Official website
- (in French) Unofficial website
- (in French) Office of tourism website