Châtelperron

Châtelperron is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Châtelperron
Commune
A general view of Châtelperron
Coat of arms
Location of Châtelperron
Châtelperron
Châtelperron
Coordinates: 46°23′59″N 3°38′14″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAllier
ArrondissementVichy
CantonMoulins-2
IntercommunalityVal de Besbre Sologne Bourbonnaise
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) André Ratinier[1]
Area
1
20.8 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
146
 • Density7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
03067 /03220
Elevation234–352 m (768–1,155 ft)
(avg. 253 m or 830 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is the location of the site known as La Grotte des Fées.[3][4][5][6]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962259—    
1968287+10.8%
1975250−12.9%
1982219−12.4%
1990189−13.7%
1999137−27.5%
2008144+5.1%
2012155+7.6%

Source: INSEE[7]

See also

References
  1. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton)" [Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton)] (PDF). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. Montagu, M. F. Ashley (1949). "The Châtelperron Skull; A Rediscovered Human Skull-Cap from the French Early Upper Palaeolithic". American Anthropologist. New Series. 51 (2): 328–329. doi:10.1525/aa.1949.51.2.02a00260.
  4. Delporte, H.; Surmely, F.; Urgal, A. (1999). Châtelperron, un grand gisement préhistorique de l'Allier. Archéologie en Auvergne (in French). Clermont-Ferrand: Conseil Général de l'Allier, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles d'Auvergne, and Association pour le Développement de l'Archéologie en Auvergne.
  5. Mellars, Paul; Brad Gravina, Bronk (27 February 2007). "Confirmation of Neanderthal/modern human interstratification at the Chatelperronian type-site". PNAS. 104 (9): 3657–3662. doi:10.1073/pnas.0608053104. PMC 1805566. PMID 17360698. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  6. Zilhão, J.; d'Errico, F.; Bordes, J.-G.; Lenoble, A.; Texier, J.-P.; Rigaud, J.-P. (2006). "Analysis of Aurignacian interstratification at the Chatelperronian-type site and implications for the behavioral modernity of Neandertals". PNAS. 103: 12643–12648. doi:10.1073/pnas.0605128103. PMC 1567932. PMID 16894152. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
  7. "2012 legal populations - Châtelperron". INSEE (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2015.


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