Billom
Commune
A general view of Billom
Coat of arms
Location of Billom
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Coordinates: 45°43′11″N 3°20′18″E  /  45.7197°N 3.3382°E  / 45.7197; 3.3382
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dome
Arrondissement	Clermont-Ferrand
Canton	Billom
Intercommunality	Billom Communaute
Government
? Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Charlat [1]
Area 1	16.96 km 2 (6.55 sq mi)
Population   (2021) [2]	4,808
? Density	280/km 2 (730/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 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Billom ( French pronunciation: [bij??] ; Auvergnat : Bilhom ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dome department in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region in central France .

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Notable natives [ edit ]

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]

See also [ edit ]

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dome department

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Visit Billom - Official website for tourism

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