Lac d'Aydat

Lac d'Aydat
Lac d'Aydat
	Lac d'Aydat Location within France
Location	Aydat, Puy-de-Dôme
Coordinates	45°39′50″N 2°59′04″E / 45.663996°N 2.984505°E
Type	Natural freshwater lake
Basin countries	France
Max. length	1.31 km (0.81 mi)
Max. width	1 km (0.62 mi)
Surface area	0.65 km2 (0.25 mi2)
Max. depth	15 m (49 ft)
Surface elevation	837 m (2,746 ft)
Islands	Ile de Saint-Sidoine and several other islets

Lac d'Aydat is a lake in Aydat, Puy-de-Dôme, France. At an elevation of 837 metres (2,746 ft), its surface area is 0.65 square kilometres (0.25 sq mi). It is suggested by some historians that it is the site of Avitacum, the location of the villa belonging to the fifth-century senator and bishop Sidonius Apollinaris, as described in detail in one of his letters.^[1]

References

↑ Epistulae II.2 as discussed in C. E. Stevens (1933) Sidonius Apollinaris and his Age Oxford: Clarendon Press, Appendix B, p. 185.

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[1] Epistulae II.2 as discussed in C. E. Stevens (1933) Sidonius Apollinaris and his Age Oxford: Clarendon Press, Appendix B, p. 185.

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