Lempdes

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Lempdes

(2020–2026) Henri Gisselbrecht^[1]Area

12.3 km² (4.7 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,663 • Density700/km² (1,800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

63193 /63370

Elevation317–505 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,546	—
1975	5,836	+7.38%
1982	8,015	+4.64%
1990	8,591	+0.87%
1999	8,401	−0.25%
2007	8,331	−0.10%
2012	8,348	+0.04%
2017	8,409	+0.15%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Sights

The neo-romanesque parish church of St Étienne was built in 1867, replacing a previous church building that dated from the 12th century.^[4] It is first recorded in a document of the beginning of the 13th century.^[5]

Notable people

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Rapport de présentation du PLU de Lempdes" (PDF). pp. 29, 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-20.
^ Lempdes: mémoire d'un village; pp. 58-69