Orcines

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Orcines
Commune
Church Orcines
Location of Orcines
(2020–2026)		Jean-Marc Morvan^[1]
Area ¹	42.73 km² (16.50 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,566
• Density	83/km² (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63263 /63870
Elevation	480–1,465 m (1,575–4,806 ft) (avg. 836 m or 2,743 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Orcines (French pronunciation: [ɔʁsin]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Located at the foot of the Chaine des Puys, Orcines is an important village for the hikers who come visiting the natural heritage in Auvergne. The town belongs to the rural area of Clermont-Ferrand.

Geography

Apart from Orcines proper, the commune also includes fifteen villages : Ternant, Sarcenat, La Fontaine du Berger, Chez Vasson, Le Gressigny, Solagnat, La Baraque, Villars, La Font de l'Arbre, Montrodeix, where the small river Tiretaine originates, Enval, Le Cheix, Bonnabry, Bellevue et Fontanas, one of the most sizeable.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,814	—
1975	2,104	+2.14%
1982	2,516	+2.59%
1990	2,873	+1.67%
1999	3,067	+0.73%
2007	3,238	+0.68%
2012	3,296	+0.36%
2017	3,388	+0.55%
Source: INSEE^[3]

People

Rev. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J.
The population in this village is relatively older than the average in France (see French article).

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE