La Bourboule

La Bourboule (Auvergnat: La Borbola) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

La Bourboule
Commune
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Coat of arms
Location of La Bourboule
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Coordinates: 45°35′21″N 2°44′24″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Issoire
Canton	Le Sancy[1]
Intercommunality	Massif du Sancy
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Eric Brut[2]
Area ^1	12.74 km^2 (4.92 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[3]	1,789
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63047 /63150
Elevation	812–1,408 m (2,664–4,619 ft) (avg. 850 m or 2,790 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.	±%
1930	2,700	—
1962	2,336	−13.5%
1968	2,496	+6.8%
1975	2,392	−4.2%
1982	2,384	−0.3%
1990	2,113	−11.4%
1999	2,043	−3.3%
2006	2,049	+0.3%
2009	1,961	−4.3%
2013	1,852	−5.6%
Source: INSEE (1968–2013)

See also

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department

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 7 August 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 7 August 2016.
3. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.