Randan, Puy-de-Dôme

Randan
Commune
The chateau in Randan
The chateau in Randan
Coat of arms of Randan
Coat of arms
Location of Randan
Randan is located in France
Randan
Randan
Randan is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Randan
Randan
Coordinates: 46°01′07″N 3°21′20″E / 46.0186°N 3.3556°E / 46.0186; 3.3556
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentPuy-de-Dôme
ArrondissementRiom
CantonMaringues
IntercommunalityPlaine Limagne
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Sandrine Couturat[1]
Area
1
15.65 km2 (6.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
1,622
 • Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
63295 /63310
Elevation298–404 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.

Randan (French pronunciation: [ʁɑ̃dɑ̃]; Occitan: Randans) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Definitions of randanite", Drictionry.net, retrieved 2017-09-01
  4. ^ 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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