Lac d'Aydat is a lake in Aydat, Puy-de-Dôme, France. At an elevation of 837 m, its surface area is 0.65 km2. 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]

Lac d'Aydat
Lac d'Aydat is located in France
Lac d'Aydat
Lac d'Aydat
LocationAydat, Puy-de-Dôme
Coordinates45°39′50″N 2°59′04″E / 45.663996°N 2.984505°E / 45.663996; 2.984505
TypeNatural freshwater lake
Basin countriesFrance
Max. length1.31 km (0.81 mi)
Max. width1 km (0.62 mi)
Surface area0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi)
Max. depth15 m (49 ft)
Surface elevation837 m (2,746 ft)
IslandsIle de Saint-Sidoine and several other islets

References

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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.