Randan, Puy-de-Dôme
Randan is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
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Location of Randan 
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| Coordinates: 46°01′07″N 3°21′20″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Arrondissement | Riom |
| Canton | Maringues |
| Intercommunality | Plaine Limagne |
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| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sandrine Couturat[1] |
| Area 1 | 15.65 km2 (6.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[2] | 1,573 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 63295 /63310 |
| Elevation | 298–404 m (978–1,325 ft) (avg. 410 m or 1,350 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The place gives its name to Randanite, a soluble silica that occurs as fine earth near Randan and near Algiers.[3] In the late 19th century the official composition of the dynamite at the Poudrerie nationale de Vonges and other French powder works was 75% nitroglycerin, 20.8% randanite, 3.8% Vierzon silica and 0.4% magnesium carbonate.[4]
References
- "Sandrine Couturat élue maire de Randan (Puy-de-Dôme)" [Sandrine Couturat elected mayor of Randan, Puy-de-Dôme]. La Montagne (in French). 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- "Definitions of randanite", Drictionry.net, retrieved 2017-09-01
- Figuier, Louis (1891), Les Merveilles de la science ou description populaire des inventions modernes (in French), 2 des Suppléments, pp. 81-152)., Furne, Jouvet et Cie, retrieved 2017-09-01
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