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{{Expand French|date=February 2017|Orcines|topic=geo}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Orcines
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Orcines-Eglise3.jpg
|caption                = Church Orcines
|arrondissement         = Clermont-Ferrand
|canton                 = Orcines
|INSEE                  = 63263
|postal code            = 63870
|mayor                  = Jean-Marc Morvan<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Clermont Auvergne Métropole]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|45.7833|3.0131|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 836
|elevation min m        = 480
|elevation max m        = 1465
|area km2               = 42.73
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Orcines''' ({{IPA|fr|ɔʁsin}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Puy-de-Dôme]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Auvergne (region)|Auvergne]] in central France. Located at the foot of the [[Chaîne des Puys|Chaine des Puys]], Orcines is an important village for the hikers who come visiting the natural heritage in Auvergne. The town belongs to the rural area of [[Clermont-Ferrand]].
==Geography==
Apart from Orcines proper, the ''commune'' also includes fifteen villages : Ternant, Sarcenat, La Fontaine du Berger, Chez Vasson, Le Gressigny, Solagnat, La Baraque, Villars, La Font de l'Arbre, Montrodeix, where the small river Tiretaine originates, Enval, Le Cheix, Bonnabry, Bellevue et Fontanas, one of the most sizeable.
==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-63263#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |1814
|1975 |2104
|1982 |2516
|1990 |2873
|1999 |3067
|2007 |3238
|2012 |3296
|2017 |3388
}}
== People ==
* Rev. [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]], [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]]
*The population in this village is relatively older than the average in France (see French article).
== See also ==
* [[Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.orcines.fr Official Website] (in French)
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[[Category:Communes of Puy-de-Dôme]]
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