Commelle-Vernay

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Commelle-Vernay

Total population

3,029

Founded

1840

Air quality index

23Good

Elevation265 m

Land area12.41 km²

WeatherAvg high 61.7°F

Coordinates46.00°, 4.06°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Commelle-Vernay is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Victor Dupré

French bicycle racer and track cyclist

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Louis Michel

French physicist (1923-1999)

Marie-Christine Vergiat

French politician

René Leriche

French Surgeon (1879–1955)

Henri Dentz

French general (1881–1945)

D

David Rousset

French writer (1912-1997)

Alain Gagnol

Animation filmmaker

P

Pierre Véron

French lawyer

Henri Desroche

French sociologist (1914–1994)

Benoît Luminet

French bicycle racer

Joël Pommerat

French theatre director

C

Camille Benoît

French curator, composer, art historian and musicologist (1851–1923)

C

Céline Bozon

French actor and cinematographer

Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny

French politician and diplomat (1756-1834)

J

Jean-Luc Garnier

French cook

A

André Vacheresse

French basketball player and coach (1927–2000)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

• Bourg-de-Thizy
  11.8 mi away
• Thizy
  12.4 mi away · pop. 6,036
• Feurs
  19.6 mi away · pop. 8,338
• Tarare
  19.7 mi away · pop. 10,428
• Pontcharra-sur-Turdine
  22.6 mi away · pop. 2,695
• Celles-sur-Durolle
  22.6 mi away · pop. 1,643
• Ternand
  23 mi away · pop. 724
• Lapalisse
  26.5 mi away · pop. 3,137
• Chazelles-sur-Lyon
  29.9 mi away · pop. 5,472
• Abrest
  30.1 mi away · pop. 2,919
• Saint-Galmier
  31.2 mi away · pop. 5,842
• Anse
  32 mi away · pop. 7,947

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Commelle-Vernay, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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