Lac d'Aydat

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Lac d'Aydat
Lac Aydat 2001-06-23.jpg
Lac d'Aydat is located in France
Lac d'Aydat
Lac d'Aydat
LocationAydat, Puy-de-Dôme
Coordinates45°39′50″N 2°59′04″E / 45.663996°N 2.984505°E / 45.663996; 2.984505
TypeNatural freshwater lake
Basin countriesFrance
Max. length1.31 km (0.81 mi)
Max. width1 km (0.62 mi)
Surface area0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi)
Max. depth15 m (49 ft)
Surface elevation837 m (2,746 ft)
IslandsIle de Saint-Sidoine and several other islets

Lac d'Aydat is a lake in Aydat, Puy-de-Dôme, France. At an elevation of 837 m, its surface area is 0.65 km². It is suggested by some historians that it is the site of Avitacum, the location of the villa belonging to the fifth-century senator and bishop Sidonius Apollinaris, as described in detail in one of his letters.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Epistulae II.2 as discussed in C. E. Stevens (1933) Sidonius Apollinaris and his Age Oxford: Clarendon Press, Appendix B, p. 185.


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