Châtelperron

Châtelperron
Châtelperron
Administration
Country	France
Region	Auvergne
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Jaligny-sur-Besbre
Intercommunality	Val de Besbre Sologne Bourbonnaise
Mayor	André Ratinier (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	234–352 m (768–1,155 ft) (avg. 253 m/830 ft)
Land area1	20.8 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population2	144  (2008)
- Density	7 /km2 (18 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	03067/ 03220
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 46°23′59″N 3°38′14″E / 46.399722°N 3.637222°E / 46.399722; 3.637222

Châtelperron is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

It is the location of site known as Grotte des Fées at Châtelperron.^{[1][2] [3] [4]}

Population

Historical population of Châtelperron

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
259	287	250	219	189	137	144

See also

• Châtelperronian
• Communes of the Allier department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ The Châtelperron Skull; A Rediscovered Human Skull-Cap from the French Early Upper Palaeolithic; M. F. Ashley Montagu; American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 51, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1949), pp. 328-329
2. ^ Delporte, H., 1999. Chatelperron, un grand gisement prehistorique de l'Allier. - Avec la collaboration de F. Surmely et A. Urgal. Clermont-Ferrand, Conseil General de l'Allier, Direction regionale des Affaires Culturelles d'Auvergne et Association pour le developpement de l'Archeologie en Auvergne, collection Archeologie en Auvergne
3. ^ Confirmation of Neanderthal/modern human interstratification at the Chatelperronian type-site; by: Paul Mellars, Brad Gravina, Bronk; PNAS, Vol. 104, No. 9. (27 February 2007), pp. 3657-3662.[1]
4. ^ Analysis of Aurignacian interstratification at the Chatelperronian-type site and implications for the behavioral modernity of Neandertals.; by: Zilhão J, d'Errico F, Bordes JG, Lenoble A, Texier JP, Rigaud JP; [2]