Volvic

Volvic
Volvic
Commune
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	Coordinates: 45°52′16″N 3°02′16″E / 45.8711°N 3.0378°ECoordinates: 45°52′16″N 3°02′16″E / 45.8711°N 3.0378°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Riom
Canton	Châtel-Guyon
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Thevenot
Area 1	27.78 km2 (10.73 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	4,555
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63470 /63530
Elevation	392–998 m (1,286–3,274 ft) ; (avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Volvic (French pronunciation: [vɔlˈvik]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.

The church at Volvic is dedicated to “St Priest” (Projectus), who is reputed to have been killed here in 676 AD.^[3]

International relations[]

Volvic is twinned with:^[4]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
^ "Bienvenue sur le site de la commune de Volvic". Archived from the original on 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-12-26.