Saint-Alyre-d'Arlanc is a commune

Communes of France

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 in the Puy-de-Dôme

Puy-de-Dôme

Puy-de-Dôme is a department in the centre of France named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme.Inhabitants were called Puydedomois until December 2005...

 department in Auvergne

Auvergne (région)

Auvergne is one of the 27 administrative regions of France. It comprises the 4 departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire.The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not...

 in central France

France

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Geography

It is situated on the D999 road and almost mid-way between the cities of Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne region, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census. It is the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department...

 and Saint-Étienne

Saint-Étienne

Saint-Étienne is a city in eastern central France. It is located in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region, along the trunk road that connects Toulouse with Lyon...

 at the heart of the Parc naturel régional Livradois-Forez.

The village is surrounded by pine forest with wild mushrooms to be found in the woods during autumn, rolling countryside and it is on the pilgrim trail. 9 km to the south is the mediaeval abbey town of La Chaise-Dieu

La Chaise-Dieu

La Chaise-Dieu is commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.-Geography:La Chaise-Dieu occupies a 1082 m butte which dominates a plain between the mounts of Livradois and Velay...

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The canton

Cantons of France

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 comprises the small hamlets of Chouviaux, Pauly

Pauly

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, Bressolles

Bressolles, Allier

Bressolles is a commune in the Allier department in central France.-Population:...

, Bressolettes, La Ferreire, Germalange, Aubepierre, Le Montel, Tremoulet

Trémoulet

Trémoulet is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Trémoulet are called Trémouletois.-References:*...

 and Chelles

Chelles

Chelles is the name of two communes of France:*Chelles, Oise in the Oise département*Chelles, Seine-et-Marne in the Seine-et-Marne département, 18 km east of ParisIt may also refer to:*Chelles Abbey...

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Population

The village has a population of 50 permanent year round residents, which swells to 3-400 during the summer months.

The mayor

Mayor

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, elected in 2008, is Daniel Besseyrias. The annual Fete Patronale is held over the weekend of the third Sunday in July.