La Bourboule

{{Infobox French commune

|name = La Bourboule

|commune status = Commune

|image = La bourboule vue du puy gros.jpg

|caption = View from Puy Gros

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr La-Bourboule (Puy-de-Dôme).svg

|arrondissement = Issoire

|canton = Le Sancy{{cite web|title=Décret 2014-210 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme|trans-title=2014-210 decree delimiting cantons of Puy-de-Dôme department|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028652558|website=Légifrance|date=21 February 2014|language=fr}}

|INSEE = 63047

|postal code = 63150

|mayor = François Constantin{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Massif du Sancy

|coordinates = {{coord|45.5892|2.74|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 850

|elevation min m = 812

|elevation max m = 1408

|area km2 = 12.74

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

La Bourboule ({{IPA|fr|la buʁbul}}; Auvergnat: La Borbola) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/63047-la-bourboule INSEE commune file]

La Bourboule is situated on the right bank of the Dordogne at an average elevation {{convert|2790|ft}}. It was known for its mineral waters, but although known to the Romans they were not in much repute till towards the end of the 19th century.{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=La Bourboule|volume=16|page=6}}

Population

{{Historical populations

|1926|2700

|1962|2336

|1968|2496

|1975|2392

|1982|2384

|1990|2113

|1999|2043

| 2007|2031

| 2012|1891

| 2017|1789

| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|5224|La Bourboule}} and INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-63047#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| percentages = pagr

| align = none

}}

See also

References

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Category:Communes of Puy-de-Dôme

Category:Spa towns in France

Category:Auvergne

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