Aigueperse, Puy-de-Dôme

Aigueperse (French pronunciation: [ɛɡpɛʁs]; Auvergnat: Guiparsa) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.^[3]

Aigueperse
Commune
The town hall in Aigueperse
Coat of arms
Location of Aigueperse
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Coordinates: 46°01′24″N 3°12′11″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Riom
Canton	Aigueperse
Intercommunality	Plaine Limagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Luc Chaput[1]
Area 1	10.50 km2 (4.05 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,700
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63001 /63260
Elevation	338–422 m (1,109–1,385 ft) (avg. 356 m or 1,168 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,273	—
1975	2,680	+2.38%
1982	2,734	+0.29%
1990	2,534	−0.95%
1999	2,504	−0.13%
2007	2,522	+0.09%
2012	2,630	+0.84%
2017	2,732	+0.76%
Source: INSEE[4]

Personalities

Aigueperse was the birthplace of:

• Michel de l'Hôpital (c. 1505–1573), statesman
• Jacques Delille (1738–1813), poet, said to be a descendant of the former

See also

• Château de la Canière
• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department