Lempdes

Not to be confused with Lempdes-sur-Allagnon.

Lempdes
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Lempdes
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Coordinates: 45°46′19″N 3°11′40″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Clermont-Ferrand
Canton	Pont-du-Château
Intercommunality	Clermont Auvergne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Henri Gisselbrecht[1]
Area ^1	12.3 km^2 (4.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	8,663
• Density	700/km^2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63193 /63370
Elevation	317–505 m (1,040–1,657 ft) (avg. 320 m or 1,050 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lempdes (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃ːd]; Auvergnat: Lende) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,546	—
1975	5,836	+7.38%
1982	8,015	+4.64%
1990	8,591	+0.87%
1999	8,401	−0.25%
2007	8,331	−0.10%
2012	8,348	+0.04%
2017	8,409	+0.15%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sights

The neo-romanesque parish church of St Étienne was built in 1867, replacing a previous church building that dated from the 12th century.[4] It is first recorded in a document of the beginning of the 13th century.[5]

The famous 2CV car was invented in Lempdes

Notable people

• Pierre-Jules Boulanger, inventor of 2CV car.
• Jean-Baptiste Lamy, Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico

See also

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. "Rapport de présentation du PLU de Lempdes" (PDF). pp. 29, 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-20.
5. Lempdes: mémoire d'un village; pp. 58-69

Further reading

• Lempdes: mémoire d'un village. Lempdes: Association "Lempdes: mémoire d'un village", 2000 ("Un recueil de souvenirs ... le fruit d'un long travail dont les Amis du Vieux Lempdes ont été les artisans"—preface)