Billom
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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| Coordinates: 45°43′11″N 3°20′18″E / 45.7197°N 3.3382°ECoordinates: 45°43′11″N 3°20′18″E / 45.7197°N 3.3382°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Arrondissement | Clermont-Ferrand |
| Canton | Billom |
| Intercommunality | Billom - Saint-Dier / Vallée du Jauron |
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| • Mayor (2016–2020) | Jean-Michel Charlat |
| Area1 | 16.96 km2 (6.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2013)2 | 4,632 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 63040 /63160 |
| Elevation | 345–563 m (1,132–1,847 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Billom (French pronunciation: [bijɔ̃]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France.
It was the birthplace of philosopher Georges Bataille. Hugh Aycelin was a 13th-century French Dominican theologian and philosopher who served as lector at the studium provinciale at Santa Sabina, the forerunner of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum. In 1294 he was raised to the Cardinalate.
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