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Chamalières

Coordinates: 45°46′28″N 3°04′04″E / 45.7744°N 3.0678°E / 45.7744; 3.0678
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For the commune in the Haute-Loire department, see Chamalières-sur-Loire.
Chamalières
Commune
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Chamalières
Coat of arms
Location of Chamalières
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Chamalières is located in France
Chamalières
Chamalières
Chamalières is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Chamalières
Chamalières
Coordinates: 45°46′28″N 3°04′04″E / 45.7744°N 3.0678°E / 45.7744; 3.0678
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentPuy-de-Dôme
ArrondissementClermont-Ferrand
CantonChamalières
IntercommunalityClermont Auvergne Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Louis Giscard d'Estaing[1]
Area
1
3.77 km2 (1.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
17,454
 • Density4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
63075 /63400
Elevation385–582 m (1,263–1,909 ft)
(avg. 415 m or 1,362 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chamalières (French pronunciation: [ʃamaljɛʁ]; Auvergnat: Chamaleiras) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, central France.[3]

With 17,276 inhabitants (2019), Chamalières is the fourth-largest town in the department.[4] It lies adjacent to the west of Clermont-Ferrand and about 241 kilometres (150 mi) from Lyon.

History

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Several thousand wooden Gallo-Roman ex-votos, most of them anthropomorphic standing figures, also including images of limbs and internal organs, dated by associated coins to the first century, were recovered from the shrine at the mineral springs known as the Source des Roches ("Rock Spring"). An inscribed lead tablet found at the spring is a major source of information on the Gaulish language. A comparable cache of Gaulish ex-voto were recovered from a sanctuary at the sources of the Seine, sacred to Sequana.[5]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 17,775—    
1975 18,075+0.24%
1982 17,486−0.47%
1990 17,301−0.13%
1999 18,136+0.53%
2007 17,710−0.30%
2012 17,480−0.26%
2017 17,173−0.35%
Source: INSEE[6]

Notable places

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Chamalières is the place where the Banque de France located its printing works in 1923, which printed former French franc banknotes, and now prints Euro and CFA franc banknotes.

People

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See also

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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. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Populations légales 2019: 63 Puy-de-Dôme, INSEE
  5. ^ Romeuf, A.-M. (1986). "Exvoto en bois de Chamalières (Puy-de-Dôme) et des sources de la Seine: essai de comparaison" (PDF). Gallia (in French). 44: 65–89. doi:10.3406/galia.1986.2853. S2CID 191584366.
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. ^ Frachon, Alain (17 February 2018). "La mort de Daniel Vernet, grande figure du " Monde "". Le Monde. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

Further reading

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  • Romeuf, Anne-Marie; Dumontet, Monique (1980). Les ex-voto gallo-romains de la source des roches à Chamalières (Puy-de-Dôme) (in French). Clermont-Ferrand - Bargoin Museum. ISBN 978-2-7351-0640-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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