Aydat

Aydat is a commune with 2204 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the Auvergne region in the Puy -de- Dôme in the arrondissement of Clermont- Ferrand in the canton of Saint- Amant- Tallende.

General

The widely branching municipality comprises the towns Aydat, Ponteix, Rouillas -Bas, Rouillas Skin, La Cassière, La Garandie, Saint- Julien, Veyreras, Verneuge, Fontclairant, Prades, Sauteyras, Le Lot, Phialeix and Le Mas et de Fohet. With the volcano heights in this municipality covers 50.22 square kilometers and is located at 620-1142 meters above sea level. In 2006, the population of the municipality amounted to 1956 people.

The volcanic mountains in the municipality are:

• Puy de Montjuger, 1142 m
• Puy de Charmont, 1138 m
• Puy de la Roddenberry, 1127 m
• Puy de Combregrasse, 1120 m
• Puy de Vichâtel, 1094 m
• Puy de Boursoux, 1057 m
• Puy de la Toupe, 1061 m
• Mont Redon, 872 m

Attractions

• Lac d' Aydat, 85 ha in size and 15 feet deep
• Lac de la Cassière
• Menhir de Fohet, 5 meters high
• Church Saint Sidoine in Aydat, Romanesque ( 12th/13th century. ), Bell tower of the 19th century; to Sidoine, bishop and writer of the 5th century
• Church in Rouillas -bas with a statue of Saint -Jacques of wood ( 16th century )
• Church of Saint -Julien in Fohet (15th century)
• Two crosses of the 15th century in Fohet
• Ruins of a commandery of the Knights Templar
• In Ponteix church with Romanesque capitals, in front of fountain " Fontaine- calvaire "
• Château de Montlosier (18th century), Information Centre of the Regional Natural Park of the Volcanoes of Auvergne exhibition about volcanoes
• Ruins of the Château de Mont Redon on Mont Redon

The Lac de la Cassière

Saint Sidoine in Aydat

In the Church of Saint Sidoine

The Church of Rouillat -Bas

The Church of Ponteix

The fountain Fontaine- calvaire in Ponteix