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

|mayor = Marcel Aledo{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|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}}