Saint-Priest-des-Champs
Commune
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Coordinates: 45°59′35″N 2°45′54″E / 45.993°N 2.765°E / 45.993; 2.765
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Riom
Canton	Saint-Éloy-les-Mines
Intercommunality	CC Pays de Saint-Éloy
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Favier[1]
Area 1	45.09 km2 (17.41 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	715
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63388 /63640
Elevation	500–716 m (1,640–2,349 ft) (avg. 650 m or 2,130 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Priest-des-Champs (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pʁijɛ(st) de ʃɑ̃]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne of central France.

Geography

Saint-Priest-des-Champs is located some 25 km west of Combronde and 15 km north-west of Bromont-Lamothe. Access to the commune is by the D987 from Pontaumur in the south which passes through the length of the commune and the village before continuing north-east to Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne. The D62 comes from Espinasse in the north-west and continues through the village south-east to Les Ancizes-Comps. The D515 also goes west from the village to Biollet. The D512 branches from the D987 at the south-western border of the commune and forms most of the southern border of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.^[3]

The south-eastern border of the commune is marked by the Sioule river which flows north forming a lake behind the dam just east of the commune. The north eastern border is formed by the Chalamont which flows south to join the Sioulet near the dam. The Coli rises in the west of the commune and flows east, south of the village, to join the Sioule. Many other streams rise in the commune and flow south-east to join the Sioule. Other streams rise in the west of the commune and join the Ruisseau de Coulet which flows south to join the Chevalet near Tingaud.^[3]

Localities and Hamlets

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[5]

Twinning

Saint-Priest-des-Champs has twinning associations with:^[6]

• Hohentengen (Germany) since 1986.

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Saint-Priestois or Saint-Priestoises in French.^[7]

Culture and heritage

• The Church of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
• The War Memorial
• Many Wayside Crosses

There is a Bourrée or dance called Bourrée de Saint-Priest (also known as Les garçons maçons). Many of these popular dance tunes, usually untitled and anonymous, have often been "renamed" in their collection, or interpretation, or the name of the collection place. There is a giate (a bourrée in triple time) in the repertoire of Jean Lecuyer, an accordion player at Saint-Priest-des-Champs.

Saint-Priest-des-Champs Picture Gallery

• 
  The Church of the Nativity
• 
  The Chevet
• 
  The Church Nave and Tribune
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  The War Memorial
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  A Wayside Cross in the Town Square
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  A Wayside Cross on the D62

Facilities

There is a convenience store and a postal agency in the commune. There is an osteopath near the church.