Blanzat

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Blanzat

(2020–2026) Richard Bert^[2]Area

6.96 km² (2.69 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

3,762 • Density540/km² (1,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

63042 /63112

Elevation360–611 m (1,181–2,005 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Blanzat (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃za]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.^[4]

Geography

It is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Clermont-Ferrand, within both the former French province of Auvergne and the modern region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1921	853	—
1936	946	+0.69%
1946	960	+0.15%
1962	1,176	+1.28%
1968	1,696	+6.29%
1975	2,277	+4.30%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1982	3,566	+6.62%
1990	3,522	−0.16%
1999	3,918	+1.19%
2007	3,906	−0.04%
2012	3,778	−0.66%
2017	3,749	−0.15%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE^[6]

References

^ "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.
^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Blanzat, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE