Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand
Orcines

Orcines

Orcines is a commune in the department in Auvergne in central France. Located at the foot of the Chaine des Puys, Orcines is an important village for the hikers who come visiting the natural heritage in Auvergne.
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  • Type: Village with 3,570 residents
  • Description: commune in Puy-de-Dôme, France
  • Also known as: “Fontanas” and “Orsinas”
  • Postal codes: 63870 and 63870
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Julien d’Orcines and Puy-de-Dôme.

Church
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Volcano
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of in central . This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes and maars is far from the edge of any tectonic plate. is situated 4 km west of Orcines.

Golf course
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is a golf course.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chamalières and Clermont-Ferrand.

Town
Photo: Alexandre.chassignon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department, , central . With 17,276 inhabitants, is the fourth-largest town in the department. is situated 4½ km east of Orcines.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a city in central , the capital of the region. Population 140,000.

Hamlet
is a small hamlet, part of the Volvic commune in département, in , . It is situated at an altitude of 800 m upon a spur, where the thalweg is incised at 666 m above sea level. is situated 6 km north of Orcines.

Orcines

Latitude
45.78535° or 45° 47′ 7″ north
Longitude
3.01138° or 3° 0′ 41″ east
Population
3,570
Elevation
822 metres (2,697 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FR OCZ
Open location code
8FQ5Q2P6+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26697894
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2989417
Wiki­data ID
Q1098277
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Orcines” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Orcines”
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  • Basque: “Orsinas”
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  • Catalan: “Orcines”
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  • Chechen: “ОгӀсин”
  • Chinese: “Orcines”
  • Chinese: “奥尔西内”
  • Chinese: “奥尔西讷”
  • Chinese: “奧爾西訥”
  • Corsican: “Orcines”
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  • Danish: “Orcines”
  • Dutch: “Orcines”
  • Dutch: “Orsinas”
  • Esperanto: “Fontanas”
  • Esperanto: “Orcines”
  • Esperanto: “Orsinas”
  • Estonian: “Orcines”
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  • Finnish: “Orcines”
  • French: “Fontanas”
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  • German: “Fontanas”
  • German: “Orcines”
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  • Irish: “Orcines”
  • Italian: “Fontanas”
  • Italian: “Orcines”
  • Italian: “Orsinas”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Orcines”
  • Japanese: “オルシーヌ”
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  • Occitan (post 1500): “Orcines”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Orsinas”
  • Papiamento: “Orcines”
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  • Spanish: “Orsinas”
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  • Swedish: “Orcines”
  • Swiss German: “Orcines”
  • Tatar: “Орсин”
  • Turkish: “Orcines”
  • Ukrainian: “Орсін”
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  • “Orcines”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include L’Atelier and Bureau de Poste de Orcines.

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