Blanzat

Blanzat
Blanzat
Commune
	Aerial view of Blanzat
	Coat of arms
	Location of Blanzat
	Blanzat Blanzat
	Coordinates: 45°49′44″N 3°04′34″E / 45.829°N 3.076°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Clermont-Ferrand
Canton	Cébazat
Intercommunality	Clermont Auvergne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Richard Bert
Area 1	6.96 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Population (2023)	3,709
• Density	533/km2 (1,380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63042 /63112
Elevation	360–611 m (1,181–2,005 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Blanzat (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃za]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.^[4]

Geography

It is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Clermont-Ferrand, within both the former French province of Auvergne and the modern region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Historical population

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE^[6]

^ "Décret 2014-210 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme" [2014-210 decree delimiting cantons of Puy-de-Dôme department]. Légifrance (in French). 21 February 2014.
^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Blanzat, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE