| Saint-Priest-des-Champs | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Riom |
| Canton: | Saint-Éloy-les-Mines |
| Insee: | 63388 |
| Postal Code: | 63640 |
| Mayor: | Bernard Favier[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CC Pays de Saint-Éloy |
| Coordinates: | 45.993°N 2.765°W |
| Elevation M: | 650 |
| Elevation Min M: | 500 |
| Elevation Max M: | 716 |
| Area Km2: | 45.09 |
Saint-Priest-des-Champs (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ pʁijɛ(st) de ʃɑ̃/) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne of central France.
Saint-Priest-des-Champs is located some 25 km west of Combronde and 15 km north-west of Bromont-Lamothe. Access to the commune is by the D987 from Pontaumur in the south which passes through the length of the commune and the village before continuing north-east to Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne. The D62 comes from Espinasse in the north-west and continues through the village south-east to Les Ancizes-Comps. The D515 also goes west from the village to Biollet. The D512 branches from the D987 at the south-western border of the commune and forms most of the southern border of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[2]
The south-eastern border of the commune is marked by the Sioule river which flows north forming a lake behind the dam just east of the commune. The north eastern border is formed by the Chalamont which flows south to join the Sioulet near the dam. The Coli rises in the west of the commune and flows east, south of the village, to join the Sioule. Many other streams rise in the commune and flow south-east to join the Sioule. Other streams rise in the west of the commune and join the Ruisseau de Coulet which flows south to join the Chevalet near Tingaud.[2]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France. Saint-Priest-des-Champs has twinning associations with:[5]
Hohentengen (Germany) since 1986.The inhabitants of the commune are known as Saint-Priestois or Saint-Priestoises in French.[6]
There is a Bourrée or dance called Bourrée de Saint-Priest (also known as Les garçons maçons). Many of these popular dance tunes, usually untitled and anonymous, have often been "renamed" in their collection, or interpretation, or the name of the collection place. There is a giate (a bourrée in triple time) in the repertoire of Jean Lecuyer, an accordion player at Saint-Priest-des-Champs.
There is a convenience store and a postal agency in the commune. There is an osteopath near the church.