Aydat

Aydat (pronounced [ɛda]) 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 (2020–2026)	Franck Serre[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.	±% p.a.
1968	810	—
1975	789	−0.37%
1982	1,107	+4.96%
1990	1,322	+2.24%
1999	1,647	+2.47%
2007	1,982	+2.34%
2012	2,224	+2.33%
2017	2,373	+1.31%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

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

References

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. "Liste des Maires du Puy-de-Dôme" [List of Mayors of Puy-de-Dôme]. amr63.asso.fr (in French). Association of Rural Mayors of Puy-de-Dôme. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
3. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE