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Châtelperron

Coordinates: 46°23′59″N 3°38′14″E / 46.3997°N 3.6372°E / 46.3997; 3.6372
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Châtelperron
A general view of Châtelperron
A general view of Châtelperron
Coat of arms of Châtelperron
Location of Châtelperron
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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 / 46.3997°N 3.6372°E / 46.3997; 3.6372
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
 (2021)[2]
133
 • 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.

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

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

Population

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Montagu, M. F. Ashley (1949). "The Châtelperron Skull; A Rediscovered Human Skull-Cap from the French Early Upper Palaeolithic". American Anthropologist. 51 (2). New Series: 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