Aydat

Aydat is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. The Lac d'Aydat is located in the commune.

Aydat
Commune
The town hall in Aydat
Coat of arms
Location of Aydat
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Coordinates: 45°39′40″N 2°58′27″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Clermont-Ferrand
Canton	Orcines[1]
Intercommunality	Mond'Arverne Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Roger Lepetit[2]
Area ^1	50.22 km^2 (19.39 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[3]	2,373
• Density	47/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63026 /63970
Elevation	620–1,142 m (2,034–3,747 ft) (avg. 815 m or 2,674 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	789	—
1968	810	+2.7%
1975	789	−2.6%
1982	1,107	+40.3%
1990	1,322	+19.4%
1999	1,647	+24.6%
2006	1,985	+20.5%
2009	2,122	+6.9%
2013	2,259	+6.5%
2014	2,294	+1.5%
Source: INSEE (1968–2013)

See also

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
• Ponteix, Saskatchewan, named after Le Ponteix, a hamlet of Aydat commune.

References

• INSEE commune file
• INSEE, 2013 census

1. "Décret 2014-210 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme" [2014-210 decree delimiting cantons of Puy-de-Dôme department]. Légifrance (in French). 21 February 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
2. "List of Mayors of Puy-de-Dôme" (PDF). Prefecture of Puy-de-Dôme. 9 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
3. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.