Country France Department Cantal Canton Riom-ès-Montagnes Area 12.43 km² | Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Arrondissement Mauriac Intercommunality Pays de Gentiane Local time Monday 11:26 AM | |
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Consolidation du chateau d apchon
Apchon is a French commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region of south-central France.
Contents
- Consolidation du chateau d apchon
- Map of 15400 Apchon France
- Caisse savon st andr d apchon 2016
- Geography
- Administration
- Demography
- Sites and monuments
- References
Map of 15400 Apchon, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Apchonnais or Apchonnaises.
Caisse savon st andr d apchon 2016
Geography
Apchon is located some 80 km south-west of Clermont-Ferrand, 25 km north-west of Murat, and 30 km south-east of Bort-les-Orgues. Access is by the D3 road from Riom-ès-Montagnes in the north-west passing through the north of the commune to Murat in the south-east. Access to the village is by the D49 which branches off the D3 north-east of the commune and passes through the village then south to Saint-Hippolyte. There is also the D249 from the village south-west to join the D263 south of Collandres. Apart from the village there are also the hamlets of La Ribeyre and La Vidal along the D3, and Brechailles on the north-east. Apart from some patches of forest in the north the commune is entirely farmland.
The Petite Rhue river flows from south to north through the commune and continues to join the Grande Rhue river at Coindre. The Ruisseau de Brechailles flows from the south-east to join the Petite Rhue north of the D3. The Ruisseau de Mazeyres rises in the south of the commune and flows into the Petite Rhue on the left bank. Several small streams rise in the west of the commune and flow north-west eventually joining and flowing into the Veronne.
Administration
List of successive mayors
(Not all data is known.)
Demography
In 2009 the commune had 210 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)
Sites and monuments
The Château fort d'Apchon (12th century) is registered as an historical monument.
The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects: