Randan, Puy-de-Dôme

Randan (French pronunciation: [ʁɑ̃dɑ̃]; Occitan: Randans) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Randan
Commune
The chateau in Randan
Coat of arms
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
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sandrine Couturat[1]
Area 1	15.65 km2 (6.04 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,622
• Density	100/km2 (270/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]

Randan was a holiday destination of the royal family of the House of Orléans in the early nineteenth century, thanks to the Château in Randan.

See also

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department