Saint-Alyre-d'Arlanc (, literally ''Saint-Alyre of
Arlanc
Arlanc (; ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of ...
'';
Auvergnat
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Currently, research shows that there is not really a true Auvergnat dialect but rath ...
Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme (; or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2021, it had a population of 662,285.department in
Auvergne
Auvergne (; ; or ) is a cultural region in central France.
As of 2016 Auvergne is no longer an administrative division of France. It is generally regarded as conterminous with the land area of the historical Province of Auvergne, which was dis ...
in central
France
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.
Geography
It is situated on the D999 road and almost midway between the cities of
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (, , ; or simply ; ) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population of 147,284 (2020). Its metropolitan area () had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 ...
and
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
at the heart of the
Parc naturel régional Livradois-Forez
Livradois-Forez Regional Natural Park (, ) is a regional natural park located on three French department : Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Loire and Loire (department), Loire. The two biggest urban areas are Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, Thiers (19,000 inhabitants) ...
.
The village is surrounded by pine forest with wild mushrooms to be found in the woods during autumn, rolling countryside and it is on the pilgrim trail. 9 km to the south is the mediaeval
abbey
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town of
La Chaise-Dieu
La Chaise-Dieu (; Auvergnat: ''La Chasa Dieu'') is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. Its inhabitants are called ''Casadéens'', from the Latin name of the city.
Geography
La Chaise-Dieu occupies a 1082 m butte ...
.
Population
The village has a population of 50 permanent year round residents, which swells to 3-400 during the summer months.
The
mayor
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, elected in 2020, is Olivier Bourron. The annual ''
Fête Patronale
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'' is held over the weekend of the third Sunday in July.
See also
*
Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France
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