Heume-l'Église

Heume-l'Église
Commune
Heume-l'Église
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Heume-l'Église
Coordinates: 45°43′13″N 2°44′03″E / 45.7203°N 2.7342°E / 45.7203; 2.7342Coordinates: 45°43′13″N 2°44′03″E / 45.7203°N 2.7342°E / 45.7203; 2.7342
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement Issoire
Canton Orcines
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Rochefort-Montagne
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Philippe Boyer
Area1 14.96 km2 (5.78 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 116
  Density 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 63176 /63210
Elevation 797–1,015 m (2,615–3,330 ft)
(avg. 935 m or 3,068 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Heume-l'Église is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.

The village mainly consists of a collection of farmhouses, it is a small rural community with approx. 160 occupants. The word "Eglise" translates into "church", there is a church in Heume l'Eglise which served as church for the entire rural community in the surrounding area.

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