Lempdes

Lempdes
Lempdes
Location within Auvergne region  Lempdes
Coordinates: 45°46′19″N 3°11′40″E / 45.7719°N 3.1944°ECoordinates: 45°46′19″N 3°11′40″E / 45.7719°N 3.1944°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand
Canton	Canton of Pont-du-Château
Intercommunality	Clermont Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Betenfeld[1]
Area^1	12.3 km^2 (4.7 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	8,401
• Density	680/km^2 (1,800/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	63193 / 63370
Elevation	317–505 m (1,040–1,657 ft) (avg. 320 m or 1,050 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.

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

Sights

The parish church of St rock (église Saint-Étienne) is in the Romanesque style and dates from the 12th century. It is first recorded in a document of the beginning of the 13th century.^[2]

The famous 2CV car was invented in Lempdes

Notable people

• Pierre-Jules Boulanger, inventor of 2CV car.
• Jean-Baptiste Lamy, Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico

See also

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department

References

• INSEE

1. Site de la préfecture du Puy-de-Dôme, consulté le 8 janvier 2008
2. Lempdes: mémoire d'un village; pp. 58-69

Further reading

• Lempdes: mémoire d'un village. Lempdes: Association "Lempdes: mémoire d'un village", 2000 ("Un recueil de souvenirs ... le fruit d'un long travail dont les Amis du Vieux Lempdes ont été les artisans" -- preface)