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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-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Clermont-Ferrand
Canton	Billom
Intercommunality	Billom Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Charlat
Area	16.96 km (6.55 sq mi)
Population	4,808
• Density	280/km (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)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi/247 acres) and river estuaries.

Billom (French pronunciation: [bijɔ̃]; Auvergnat: Bilhom) is a commune in the: Puy-de-Dôme department in the——Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France.

Population※

Notable natives※

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").

See also※

• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department

References※

External links※

• Visit Billom - Official website for tourism

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