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Châteldon is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme depairtment in Auvergne in central Fraunce.
Châteldon | |
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Coordinates: 45°58′39″N 3°31′16″E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Depairtment | Puy-de-Dôme |
Arrondissement | Thiers |
Canton | Châteldon |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Tony Bernard |
Area 1 | 28.43 km2 (10.98 sq mi) |
Population (2006)2 | 760 |
• Density | 27/km2 (69/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 63102 /63290 |
Elevation | 285–862 m (935–2,828 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
Châteldon is a medieval veelage in the northren pairt o Auvergne. It dates frae the early Middle Ages, wi mony o its biggins datin back tae the 14t century. The toun's fortifications are still in evidence.
The veelage lees on the wastren edge o the Montagne Bourbonnaise an the northren edge o the Livadois-Forez Park, the lairgest natur pairk in Europe. Tae the wast lees the Limagne, whaur the Allier an Dore rivers converge. Nineteen kilometres tae the north is the Ceety o Vichy.
Castle Châteldon wis ance awned bi Prime Meenister Pierre Laval. It remains the prime landmark o the veelage.
Election Date | Name | |
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1790 | Jean-Baptiste Couher | |
1792 | Louis Chabrier | |
1793 | Jean-Baptiste Quissac | |
1800 | Michel Delaire | |
1810 | Hugues Debrit | |
1926 | Léon Seneque | |
1929 | Victor Rivet | |
1940 | Charles Cocurat | |
1964 | Victor Ducher | |
1965 | René Verdier | |
1971 | René Verdier | |
1977 | René Verdie | |
1978 | Genès Fradin | |
1983 | Genès Fradin | |
1989 | Jean-Paul Dassaud | |
1995 | Jean-Paul Dassaud | |
1997 | Tony Bernard | |
2001 | Tony Bernard | |
2008 | Tony Bernard |
Year | 1882 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 1946 | 840 | 737 | 760 |
Châteldon is kent for its naturally carbonatit mineral watter. It wis the first mineral watter exploitit in Fraunce an transportit bi bottles tae the Court o Louis XIV in Versailles. This water is uised for its diuretic and digestive properties. It is an aw rich in potassium, sodium an fluorine. In Fraunce, ane finds the watter o Châteldon in the lairge hotels an restaurants, an in delicatessens. In 1650, the first doctor o the keeng, Guy-Crescent Fagon, praised the virtues o Châteldon to Louis XIV.
Châteldon wis the birthplace o Pierre Laval (1883–1945), French politeecian.
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