Volvic

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Volvic

Total population

4,740

Air quality index

26Good

Elevation392 m

Land area27.78 km²

Coordinates45.87°, 3.04°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Volvic is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.

Geography

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

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

Hubert Fournier

French association football manager and former player

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist

Jacques de Sirmond

French jesuit scholar (1559-1651)

Gaspard de Chabrol

French politician (1773-1843)

J

Jean-Claude Theillière

cyclist

Anne du Bourg

French magistrat (1521-1559)

Antoine Danchet

French playwright

R

Raymond Grasset

French politician and physician (1892-1968)

Rufus

French actor and comedian

Gilbert Romme

French politician (1750-1795)

Dominique Sarron

French motorcycle racer

Jean de Sirmond

French poet

Amable de Bourzeys

French writer and academic (1606–1672)

Michel Raynaud

French mathematician (1938–2018)

P

Pierre Chanut

French diplomat

Pierre Victor, baron Malouet

French baron (1740-1814)

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

Nearby places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

• Riom
  3.9 mi away · pop. 18,736
• Royat
  7.5 mi away · pop. 4,403
• Romagnat
  10.4 mi away · pop. 7,869
• Saint-Genès-Champanelle
  10.6 mi away · pop. 3,883
• La Roche-Blanche
  12.1 mi away · pop. 3,436
• Le Cendre
  12.7 mi away · pop. 5,494
• Aigueperse
  13 mi away · pop. 2,736
• Les Martres-de-Veyre
  14.9 mi away · pop. 3,863
• Orcival
  16.1 mi away · pop. 245
• Gannat
  17.5 mi away · pop. 5,759
• Vic-le-Comte
  18.7 mi away · pop. 5,242
• Murol
  21.2 mi away · pop. 640

Browse all places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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Gallery

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