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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.
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The chateau in Randan | |
| Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 46°01′07″N 3°21′20″E / 46.0186°N 3.3556°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 (2021)[2] | 1,620 |
| • 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.
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References edit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Definitions of randanite", Drictionry.net, retrieved 2017-09-01
- ^ Figuier, Louis (1891), Les Merveilles de la science ou description populaire des inventions modernes (in French), vol. 2 des Suppléments, pp. 81-152)., Furne, Jouvet et Cie, retrieved 2017-09-01
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