Châtelperron

Châtelperron (French pronunciation: [ʃatɛlpɛʁɔ̃]) is a commune in the central French department of Allier.

Châtelperron
Commune
A general view of Châtelperron
A general view of Châtelperron
Coat of arms of Châtelperron
Coat of arms
Location of Châtelperron
Châtelperron is located in France
Châtelperron
Châtelperron
Châtelperron is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Châtelperron
Châtelperron
Coordinates: 46°23′59″N 3°38′14″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAllier
ArrondissementVichy
CantonMoulins-2
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Maria Schneider[1]
Area
1
20.8 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
134
 • Density6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
03067 /03220
Elevation234–352 m (768–1,155 ft)
(avg. 253 m or 830 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is the location of the site known as La Grotte des Fées.[3][4][5][6]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968287—    
1975250−1.95%
1982219−1.87%
1990189−1.82%
1999137−3.51%
2007141+0.36%
2012155+1.91%
2017146−1.19%
Source: INSEE[7]

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Montagu, M. F. Ashley (1949). "The Châtelperron Skull; A Rediscovered Human Skull-Cap from the French Early Upper Palaeolithic". American Anthropologist. New Series. 51 (2): 328–329. doi:10.1525/aa.1949.51.2.02a00260. PMID 18153432.
  4. Delporte, H.; Surmely, F.; Urgal, A. (1999). Châtelperron, un grand gisement préhistorique de l'Allier. Archéologie en Auvergne (in French). Clermont-Ferrand: Conseil Général de l'Allier, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles d'Auvergne, and Association pour le Développement de l'Archéologie en Auvergne.
  5. Mellars, Paul; Brad Gravina, Bronk (27 February 2007). "Confirmation of Neanderthal/modern human interstratification at the Chatelperronian type-site". PNAS. 104 (9): 3657–3662. Bibcode:2007PNAS..104.3657M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0608053104. PMC 1805566. PMID 17360698.
  6. Zilhão, J.; d'Errico, F.; Bordes, J.-G.; Lenoble, A.; Texier, J.-P.; Rigaud, J.-P. (2006). "Analysis of Aurignacian interstratification at the Chatelperronian-type site and implications for the behavioral modernity of Neandertals". PNAS. 103 (33): 12643–12648. doi:10.1073/pnas.0605128103. PMC 1567932. PMID 16894152.
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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