Billom
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Billom (French pronunciation: [bijɔ̃]; Auvergnat: Bilhom) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France.
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 A general view of Billom | |
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Location of Billom  | |
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| Coordinates: 45°43′11″N 3°20′18″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Arrondissement | Clermont-Ferrand |
| Canton | Billom |
| Intercommunality | Billom Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Michel Charlat[1] |
Area 1 | 16.96 km2 (6.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 4,826 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (740/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 63040 /63160 |
| Elevation | 345–563 m (1,132–1,847 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,704 | — |
| 1975 | 3,968 | +0.99% |
| 1982 | 4,092 | +0.44% |
| 1990 | 3,968 | −0.38% |
| 1999 | 4,246 | +0.76% |
| 2007 | 4,619 | +1.06% |
| 2012 | 4,739 | +0.51% |
| 2017 | 4,741 | +0.01% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Notable natives
Billom was the birthplace of the philosopher Georges Bataille. It was also the birthplace of Cardinal Hugh Aycelin, OP, who was a 13th-century French Dominican theologian and philosopher, and who served as lector at the Studium Provinciale of Santa Sabina in Rome, this institution being the predecessor of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (the "Angelicum").[4]
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