Saint-Priest-des-Champs

Saint-Priest-des-Champs is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne of central France.

Saint-Priest-des-Champs
Commune
A general view of Saint-Priest-des-Champs
Location of Saint-Priest-des-Champs
Saint-Priest-des-Champs
Saint-Priest-des-Champs
Coordinates: 45°59′35″N 2°45′54″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentPuy-de-Dôme
ArrondissementRiom
CantonSaint-Éloy-les-Mines
IntercommunalityCC Pays de Saint-Éloy
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bernard Favier
Area
1
45.09 km2 (17.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
702
 • Density16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
63388 /63640
Elevation500–716 m (1,640–2,349 ft)
(avg. 650 m or 2,130 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Saint-Priestois or Saint-Priestoises.[2]

Geography

Saint-Priest-des-Champs is located some 25 km west of Combronde and 15 km north-west of Bromont-Lamothe. Access to the commune is by the D987 from Pontaumur in the south which passes through the length of the commune and the village before continuing north-east to Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne. The D62 comes from Espinasse in the north-west and continues through the village south-east to Les Ancizes-Comps. The D515 also goes west from the village to Biollet. The D512 branches from the D987 at the south-western border of the commune and forms most of the southern border of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[3]

The south-eastern border of the commune is marked by the Sioule river which flows north forming a lake behind the dam just east of the commune. The north eastern border is formed by the Chalamont which flows south to join the Sioulet near the dam. The Coli rises in the west of the commune and flows east, south of the village, to join the Sioule. Many other streams rise in the commune and flow south-east to join the Sioule. Other streams rise in the west of the commune and join the Ruisseau de Coulet which flows south to join the Chevalet near Tingaud.[3]

Localities and Hamlets[4]
  • Bargheon
  • Beauffessoux le petit
  • Beauffessoux le grand
  • Blanquet
  • Bois Redon
  • Bois des Girauds
  • Boscavert
  • Bouchelet
  • Buffevent
  • Buige de la Roche
  • Carton
  • Champ Moise
  • Chez Saby
  • Chirol
  • Cluzel
  • Coulazède
  • Couronnet
  • Courtine
  • Croix de Boissis
  • Gandichoux
  • Gaulme
  • Grandsaigne
  • Jouhet
  • La Barge
  • La Buchaille
  • La Carte
  • La Chomette
  • Lacost
  • La Couaire
  • La Croizette
  • La Force
  • La Geneste
  • La Georges
  • La Mazière
  • La Motte
  • L'Arbre
  • La Reine
  • La Roche
  • La Sauvolle
  • Lasciouve
  • Laussedat
  • Laval
  • La Vergne
  • Lébeaupin
  • Le Bladeix
  • Le Davideix
  • Le Marais
  • Le Moulin du Bay
  • Le Moulin de Laval
  • Le Moulin de l'Étang Grand
  • Le Puy Gotier
  • Le Pradeix
  • Le Puy
  • Le Sagnard
  • Les Barsses
  • Les Chaussades
  • Les Chomets
  • Les Communaux
  • Les Eaux Minérales
  • Le Signolet
  • Lespadys
  • Les Paris
  • Les Pâturaux
  • Les Rioux
  • Les Sandes
  • Les Treux
  • Le Teilhot
  • Marcheix
  • Mazeron
  • Montpied
  • Pas de Saint-Martin
  • Pérol
  • Pont de Fourche
  • Puy de Beix
  • Ragheade
  • Retaillat
  • Roudadoux
  • Ruderre
  • Sous la Roche
  • Sous le Bois
  • Vernadel
  • Villemaine
  • Visignol

Neighbouring communes and villages[4]

Administration
Saint-Priest-des-Champs Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[5]

FromToNamePartyPosition
20012020Bernard Favier

(Not all data is known)

Twinning
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Saint-Priest-des-Champs has twinning associations with:[6]

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 702 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,983—    
1800 1,873−0.81%
1806 1,946+0.64%
1821 1,892−0.19%
1831 1,981+0.46%
1836 2,159+1.74%
1841 2,202+0.40%
1846 2,259+0.51%
1851 2,253−0.05%
1856 2,126−1.15%
1861 2,062−0.61%
1866 1,972−0.89%
1872 1,974+0.02%
1876 1,960−0.18%
1881 1,919−0.42%
1886 1,943+0.25%
1891 1,853−0.94%
1896 1,797−0.61%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,760−0.42%
1906 1,814+0.61%
1911 1,766−0.53%
1921 1,527−1.44%
1926 1,382−1.98%
1931 1,335−0.69%
1936 1,254−1.24%
1946 1,165−0.73%
1954 1,024−1.60%
1962 1,009−0.18%
1968 1,026+0.28%
1975 800−3.49%
1982 710−1.69%
1990 662−0.87%
1999 678+0.27%
2007 697+0.35%
2012 741+1.23%
2017 702−1.08%
Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE[8]

Culture and heritage
A Bourrée in Saint-Priest-des-Champs
Traditional Cider-making in Saint-Priest-des-Champs
  • The Church of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
  • The War Memorial
  • Many Wayside Crosses

There is a Bourrée or dance called Bourrée de Saint-Priest (also known as Les garçons maçons). Many of these popular dance tunes, usually untitled and anonymous, have often been "renamed" in their collection, or interpretation, or the name of the collection place. There is a giate (a bourrée in triple time) in the repertoire of Jean Lecuyer, an accordion player at Saint-Priest-des-Champs.

  • The Church of the Nativity
  • The Chevet
  • The Church Nave and Tribune
  • The War Memorial
  • A Wayside Cross in the Town Square
  • A Wayside Cross on the D62

Facilities

There is a convenience store and a postal agency in the commune. There is an osteopath near the church.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Puy-de-Dôme (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  5. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  6. National Commission for Decentralised cooperation (in French)
  7. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Priest-des-Champs, EHESS. (in French)
  8. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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