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Thiers is a commune in France, situated within the Puy-de-Dôme department and the arrondissement of Thiers. It serves as the capital of the canton of Thiers, the arrondissement of Thiers, and Livradois. The town is located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and shares borders with Celles-sur-Durolle, Dorat, Escoutoux, and La Monnerie-le-Montel.
The area of Thiers is 44.49 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 793 meters. Its population is recorded as 12,086, comprising 5,680 males and 6,167 females. French and Occitan are the languages used in the commune. Thiers is twinned with Schrobenhausen and Bridgnorth.
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Place details
- Locality
- Thiers
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 13,739
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Department
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Arrondissement
- Thiers
- Canton
- Thiers
- Intercommunality
- Thiers Dore et Montagne
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Stéphane Rodier
- Area
- 44.49 km (17.18 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 11,637
- Density
- 261.6/km (677.4/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 63430 /63300
- Elevation
- 2–83–793 m (6.6–272.3–2,601.7 ft) , (avg. 450 m or 1,480 ft)
- Website
- http://www.ville-thiers.fr/
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Accueil - Ville de Thiers
Un site utilisant WordPress, Découvrez Thiers, ville pittoresque d'Auvergne. Patrimoine, événements, et plus encore. Planifiez votre visite dès maintenant !
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Thiers
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Thiers
- Population
- 11637
- Area
- 44.49
- Elevation
- 451
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Livradois
- Shares border with
- Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle
- Official website
- ville-thiers.fr
- Image
- Château du Pirou.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Thiers
- Commons category
- Thiers
- postal code
- 63300
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Thiers
- twinned administrative body
- Bridgnorth
- associated electoral district
- canton of Thiers
- male population
- 5680
- female population
- 6167
- P8168
- 1217 Maximiliana
- language used
- Occitan
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-73-80-88-80
- fax number
- +33-4-73-80-88-81
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Encyclopedic overview
Thiers ( French pronunciation: [tjɛːʁ] ; Auvergnat: Tièrn) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department of Auvergne in central France. With Ambert, Issoire and Riom, it is one of the department's four sub-prefectures. The district of Thiers consists of forty-three municipalities in six cantons. Its inhabitants are known as Thiernois or Bitords.
Thiers is a major historical centre of knife manufacturing, with about one hundred companies and a cutlery museum; seventy percent of French pocketknives, kitchen and table knives are manufactured in Thiers. The knowledge and craft of the Thiernois cutlers are over seven centuries old, and many of the old watermills that were used to manufacture Thiernois knives can still be seen in the Vallée des Rouets.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thiers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.