Sayat

For the place in Azerbaijan, see Sayad, Azerbaijan. For the city in Turkmenistan, see Saýat.

Sayat (French pronunciation: [saja]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.^[3]

Sayat
Commune
View of Sayat in 2004
Coat of arms
Location of Sayat
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Coordinates: 45°49′38″N 3°03′12″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Riom
Canton	Cébazat
Intercommunality	CA Riom Limagne et Volcans
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Weinmeister[1]
Area 1	8.29 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,519
• Density	300/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63417 /63530
Elevation	390–818 m (1,280–2,684 ft) (avg. 440 m or 1,440 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Façade of the village church in Argnat topped by a bell-gable

Geography

Sayat is situated northwest of Clermont-Ferrand. The commune consists of the villages Sayat, Argnat and Le Mas d'Argnat.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,215	—
1975	1,733	+5.20%
1982	1,996	+2.04%
1990	2,208	+1.27%
1999	2,256	+0.24%
2007	2,270	+0.08%
2012	2,155	−1.03%
2017	2,344	+1.70%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department