Godivelle

Godivelle is a common French, located in the department of the Puy-de-Dôme and the area Auvergne. It is at the same time the least populated highest commune of the department and.

Geography

The small village of Godivelle is located in the solid mass of Cézalier at the south of the solid mass of the Monts Gilds, with 70km in the south-west of Clermont-Ferrand. It belongs to the Regional natural park of the volcanos of Auvergne.

The commune of Godivelle has two Lac S, the Lac of In-High and the Lac of In-Low .

the lake of In-High is a lake of volcanic crater of origin located at 1.239 meters of altitude. It has a circular form. It is one of the lakes more Oligotrophe of Europe.
the lake of In-Low is a glacial lake of origin located a little low than the precedent, at an altitude of 1.200 meters. It forms with the Lake Saint-Alyre a Tourbière.

Communes bordering

Compains, Espinchal, Montgreleix, Saint-Alyre-be-Mountain

History

August 1st

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Inheritance

the fountain located on the place of the church is broadest of the department of the Puy-de-Dôme. Its creation is allotted to the one of the former mayors of the commune. This one, within sight of the difficulties of drenching of the animals during the Hiver (which were to go up until Lake-to in-High), and of the problems of provisioning of Eau for the public consumption and the fight against possible Incendie S, decided to make build this fountain, where nearly about thirty animals can water itself at the same time.

the church , partially of the XIIe century and in particular its Modillon S located at the back of the church representing the seven deadly sins. It also has an interesting statue of Virgin to the child called Our-Lady-of-lake-with-The-Godivelle of the XVIIe century (altered at the XIXe century).

Natural reserve

The Natural reserve of the sagnes of Godivelle is managed by the Regional natural park of the Volcanos of Auvergne. Of a surface of 24 ha, it is made up of two parts: largest around Lake-of in-Low, and smallest on the Peaty of Coualle Low, with one kilometer in the north of the Lake. The recencements naturalists count currently more than 1500 faunistic species and floristic, of which more than 80 are protected at the regional level with international, and/or are registered on the Red books of the species threatened at the regional level with European. The flora of the peat bog accommodates for example rare species the such Droséra with round sheets, a carnivorous Plante, and the Ligulaire of Siberia. Several remarkable species of butterfly S are also present on the site, just like from the Coléoptère S, Orthoptère S, etc many Oiseau X migrating come to make stopover there.

Curiosities

The commune is quoted by Jean-Louis Murat in his album Dolorès : “Then of Godivelle with Compains, one swears me that it is magic spell” (Snowdrop).

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