Royat
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Royat
|commune status = Commune
|image = Hôtel de ville de Royat 2015-04-10.JPG
|caption = The town hall in Royat
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Royat (Puy-de-Dôme).svg
|arrondissement = Clermont-Ferrand
|canton = Chamalières{{cite web|url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028652558|title=Decree 2014-210/Décret 2014-210 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme|date=21 February 2014|website=Légifrance|language=fr}}
|INSEE = 63308
|postal code = 63130
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Clermont Auvergne Métropole
|coordinates = {{coord|45.765|3.05|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 728
|elevation min m = 457
|elevation max m = 904
|area km2 = 6.62
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Royat ({{IPA|fr|ʁwaja}}; Occitan: Roiat) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/63308-royat INSEE commune file] As of 2019, its population was 4,359.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep63.pdf Populations légales 2019: 63 Puy-de-Dôme], INSEE
Since Roman times, its thermal springs have made it a spa town, and the remains of the Roman baths are still visible.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Royat|volume=23}}
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-63308#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |4416
|1975 |4467
|1982 |4072
|1990 |3950
|1999 |4658
|2007 |4613
|2012 |4590
|2017 |4651
|2019|4359
}}
Points of interest
International relations
Royat is twinned with Abertyleri, Blaenau Gwent, Wales.{{cite web|url=http://www.abertilleryandllanhilleth-wcc.gov.uk/Core/Abertillery-Llanhilleth/Pages/Abertillery_-_Twinned_with_Royat_1.aspx|title=Abertillery – Twinned with Royat|publisher=Abertillery & Llanhilleth Community Council|date=31 January 2014|access-date=31 January 2018}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- {{cite book|last=Brandt|first=George Henry|title=Royat (Les Bains) in Auvergne: Its Mineral Waters and Climate|url=https://archive.org/details/royatlesbainsin00brangoog|publisher=H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd.|date=1880}}
- {{cite book|title=Clermont-Ferrand, Royat and Surroundings|publisher=Manufacture française des pneumatiques Michelin|date=1919}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.royat.fr/ Official website]
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.royat.com/ Unofficial website]
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ot-royat.com/ Office of tourism website]
{{Puy-de-Dôme communes}}
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Category:Communes of Puy-de-Dôme
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