Saint-Floret (; oc, Sent Floret) is a
commune 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
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Government and military
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in
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 ...
in central
France
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.
History
Saint-Floret is a place of passage on the
Way of St. James
The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the Twelve Apostle ...
, a leading Catholic
pilgrimage
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route originated in the
9th century.
During the revolutionary period of the
National Convention
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(1792-1795), the commune took the name Roche-la-Couze.
Population
See also
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Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
The following is a list of the 464 Communes of France, communes of the Puy-de-Dôme Departments of France, department of France.
Intercommunalities
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References
Communes of Puy-de-Dôme
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