Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne () is a small village-town in the

Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme (; oc, label=Auvergnat, lo Puèi de Doma or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2019, it had a population of 662,152.department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...

region in central

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. The commune of Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne is part of the

canton of Billom The Cantons of France, canton of Billom is an administrative division of the Puy-de-Dôme departments of France, department, central France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat ...

and of the

arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand The arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand is an arrondissement of France in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 73 communes. Its population is 360,276 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the ar ...

Geography

The altitude of the commune of Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne ranges between 416 and 700 meters. The area of the commune is 20.15 km². The nearest larger towns are

Courpière Courpière (; Auvergnat: ''Corpèira'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Population Tour de France cycle race Courpiere was on the stage 14 route of the 2020 Tour de France See also *C ...

(10 km to the northeast) and

Billom Billom (; Auvergnat: ''Bilhom'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France. Population Notable natives Billom was the birthplace of the philosopher Georges Bataille. It was also the birthp ...

(12 km to the northwest).

Population and housing

In 2019, Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne had a population of 542.Populations légales 2019: 63 Puy-de-Dôme
INSEE As of 2019, there are 416 dwellings in the commune, of which 265 primary residences.Logement en 2019, Commune de Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne (63334)
INSEE

Notable people

Clotilde Dissard Clotilde Dissard (née, Loubaresse; 10 November 1873 – 1919)In ''La Fronde''; her last article appeared on July 23, 1926. was a French journalist and feminist. She founded the journal, ''La Revue feministe''. Dissard died in 1919. Biography Ma ...

(1873-1919), journalist, feminist

References

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