Billom | |
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 A general view of Billom | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Billom | |
Billom Billom | |
| Coordinates: 45°43′11″N 3°20′18″E / 45.7197°N 3.3382°E / 45.7197; 3.3382 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Arrondissement | Clermont-Ferrand |
| Canton | Billom |
| Intercommunality | Billom Communauté |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Michel Charlat1 |
Area 1 | 16.96 km2 (6.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 4,805 |
| • Density | 283.3/km2 (733.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
Billom (French pronunciation: [bijɔ̃]; Auvergnat: Bilhom) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,704 | — |
| 1975 | 3,968 | +0.99% |
| 1982 | 4,092 | +0.44% |
| 1990 | 3,968 | −0.38% |
| 1999 | 4,246 | +0.76% |
| 2007 | 4,619 | +1.06% |
| 2012 | 4,739 | +0.51% |
| 2017 | 4,741 | +0.01% |
| 2023 | 4,805 | +0.22% |
| Source: INSEE3 | ||
Notable natives
Billom was the birthplace of the philosopher Georges Bataille. It was also the birthplace of Cardinal Hugh Aycelin, OP, who was a 13th-century French Dominican theologian and philosopher, and who served as lector at the Studium Provinciale of Santa Sabina in Rome, this institution being the predecessor of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (the "Angelicum").4
References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- "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 May 1288]; postmodum per Celestinum papa in [1294] est ordinatus in episcopum [O]stiensem", cr. p. 3r, at http://www.e-theca.net/emiliopanella/lector12.htm, accessed 9 May 2011. See also Rome across Time and Space: Cultural Transmission and the Exchange of Ideas (2011), p. 275, at https://books.google.com/books?id=xGiHbiqknLgC&dq=%22&pg=PA275 accessed 2011.