Châtelperron

Châtelperron
A general view of Châtelperron
Coat of arms
Châtelperron
Location within Auvergne region  Châtelperron
Coordinates: 46°23′59″N 3°38′14″E / 46.3997°N 3.6372°ECoordinates: 46°23′59″N 3°38′14″E / 46.3997°N 3.6372°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Moulins-2
Intercommunality	Val de Besbre Sologne Bourbonnaise
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	André Ratinier[1]
Area^1	20.8 km^2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	155
• Density	7.5/km^2 (19/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	03067 / 03220
Elevation	234–352 m (768–1,155 ft) (avg. 253 m or 830 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Châtelperron is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

It is the location of the site known as La Grotte des Fées.^[2][3][4][5]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	259	—
1968	287	+10.8%
1975	250	−12.9%
1982	219	−12.4%
1990	189	−13.7%
1999	137	−27.5%
2008	144	+5.1%
2012	155	+7.6%

Source: INSEE^[6]

See also

• Châtelperronian
• Communes of the Allier department

References

• INSEE

1. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton)" [Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton)] (PDF). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
2. Montagu, M. F. Ashley (1949). "The Châtelperron Skull; A Rediscovered Human Skull-Cap from the French Early Upper Palaeolithic". American Anthropologist (New Series) 51 (2): 328–329. doi:10.1525/aa.1949.51.2.02a00260.
3. Delporte, H.; Surmely, F.; Urgal, A. (1999). Châtelperron, un grand gisement préhistorique de l'Allier. Archéologie en Auvergne (in French). Clermont-Ferrand: Conseil Général de l'Allier, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles d'Auvergne, and Association pour le Développement de l'Archéologie en Auvergne.
4. Mellars, Paul; Brad Gravina, Bronk (27 February 2007). "Confirmation of Neanderthal/modern human interstratification at the Chatelperronian type-site". PNAS 104 (9): 3657–3662. doi:10.1073/pnas.0608053104. PMC 1805566. PMID 17360698.
5. Zilhão, J.; d'Errico, F.; Bordes, J.-G.; Lenoble, A.; Texier, J.-P.; Rigaud, J.-P. (2006). "Analysis of Aurignacian interstratification at the Chatelperronian-type site and implications for the behavioral modernity of Neandertals". PNAS 103: 12643–12648. doi:10.1073/pnas.0605128103.
6. "2012 legal populations - Châtelperron". INSEE (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2015.