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Circle Genealogic and Historic Champanellois Association "Law 1901" of Saint-Genès-Champanelle, 63 , France |
Geographical presentation
Situation
Administratives divisions
country France area Auvergne department Puy-de-Dôme - (63) canton Beaumont commune Saint-Genès-Champanelle district
for the election ofthe deputy3ème - Clermont montagne
Fast map of the commune drawn by Thomas
showing the principal axes of communication
The commune is located close of the town of Clermont-Ferrand (from 12 to 18 km according to villages) to the heart of France.
It consists of 12 villages whose majority are at the east of the territory of the commune, the west being occuped by the volcanos of the chain of the Dômes.
1. Beaune 5. Fontfreyde 9. Pardon 2. Berzet 6. Laschamps 10. Saint-Genès-Champanelle 3. Champeaux 7. Manson 11. Thèdes 4. Chatrat 8. Nadaillat 12. Theix Its coordinates geographical are as following :
longitude latitude 0,758 grades 50,8 grades 03°01'11" 45°43'16"
It belongs to the canton of Beaumont (Beaumont, Ceyrat and Saint-Genès-Champanelle, 3 communes) and to the district of Clermont Montagne.The highest point is to 1255 m, it is the PUY DE LASCHAMPS. To annouce : the PUY DE LA VACHE and the PUY DE LASSOLAS, in the horseshoe shape becouse the crater exploded side.
With its 55,58 km2, it is the sixth commune of the department of Puy de Dôme, surface.
The communes bording are 9 :
Orcines, Ceyssat, Nébouzat, Aydat, St Saturnin, Chanonat, Romagnat, Ceyrat et Royat.The territory of the commune is crossed by 2 trunk roads : RN89 and RD941a which go in direction of south-west towards Bordeaux.
The road racing set of Charade also called "Circuit of Auvergne", is divided between the commune of Royat and of Saint-Genès-Champanelle. The new made safe ring, shorter, is only on the commune of Saint-Genès-Champanelle.
Regional natural reserve of the Volcanos of Auvergne
Saint-Genès-Champanelle is located on the territory
of the Regional natural reserve of the Volcanos of Auvergne, created on March 1, 1967.It is the vastest park of France with 393 000 hectares
and it gathers 153 communes lodging 92 000 inhabitants (data 2000).* [ back to the presentation ] * [ back to the welcome page ] * [ back to the good answers ] *
listed crosses 59 old postcards of the commune 153 old postcards except commune 47 old postcards of Puy de Dôme 118 associations listed on the commune 186 Gordon Bennett Cup 74
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