Aigueperse, Puy-de-Dôme

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Aigueperse

(2020–2026) Luc Chaput^[1]Area

10.50 km² (4.05 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,736 • Density260/km² (670/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

63001 /63260

Elevation338–422 m (1,109–1,385 ft)
(avg. 356 m or 1,168 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aigueperse (French pronunciation: [ɛɡpɛʁs]; Auvergnat: Guiparsa) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,273	—
1975	2,680	+2.38%
1982	2,734	+0.29%
1990	2,534	−0.95%
1999	2,504	−0.13%
2007	2,522	+0.09%
2012	2,630	+0.84%
2017	2,732	+0.76%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Personalities

Aigueperse was the birthplace of:

Michel de l'Hôpital (c. 1505–1573), statesman
Jacques Delille (1738–1813), poet, said to be a descendant of the former

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE