Billom
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Location within Auvergne region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Arrondissement | Clermont-Ferrand |
| Canton | Billom |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Billom-Saint-Dier |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Pierre Guillon |
| Area1 | 16.96 km2 (6.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)2 | 4,637 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 63040 / 63160 |
| Elevation | 345–563 m (1,132–1,847 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Billom (French pronunciation: [bijɔ̃]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.
Population
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1968 | 3,704 | — |
| 1975 | 3,968 | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 4,092 | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 3,968 | −3.0% |
| 1999 | 4,246 | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 4,632 | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 4,637 | +0.1% |
Personalities
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.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Frater Hugo de Bidiliomo provincie Francie, magister fuit egregius in theologia et mul<tum> famosus in romana curia; qui actu lector existens apud Sanctam Sabinam, per papam Nicolaum quartum eiusdem ecclesie factus cardinalis" [16.V.1288]; postmodum per Celestinum papain [1294] est ordinatus in episcopum ostiensem (Cr Pg 3r). http://www.e-theca.net/emiliopanella/lector12.htm Accessed May 9, 2011; See also Rome Across Time and Space: Cultural Transmission and the Exchange of Ideas, 2011, p. 275. http://books.google.com/books?id=xGiHbiqknLgC&pg=PA275&lpg=PA275&dq=%22#v=onepage&q&f=false Accessed 7-10-2011
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