Puy-de-Dôme General Council building in Clermont-Ferrand.
'Puy-de-Dôme' (''lo Puèi de Doma'' / ''lo Puèi Domat'' in the ''
Auvergnat'' dialect of the
Occitan language) is a
department in the center of
France named after the famous dormant volcano, the
Puy-de-Dôme.
History
Puy-de-Dôme is one of the original 83 departments created during the
French Revolution on
March 4,
1790. It was created from the
former province of
Auvergne. Originally, the department was to be called ''Mont d'Or'' ("golden mountain"), but this was judged not to be a very egalitarian name.
Geography
Puy-de-Dôme is part of the current
region of
Auvergne and is surrounded by the departments of
Loire,
Haute-Loire,
Cantal,
Corrèze, and
Creuse.
The department is in the
Massif Central and boasts more than 80 volcanic craters.
It is three hours from
Paris and an hour from
Lyon by
highways A71 and
A72. The
A75 links it to the
Mediterranean Sea.
Main cities are
Clermont-Ferrand,
Thiers,
Riom,
Issoire,
Ambert and
Cournon-d'Auvergne.
The volcanoes of the "chaîne des Puys" near Clermont-Ferrand.
See also
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Cantons of the Puy-de-Dôme department
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Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
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Arrondissements of the Puy-de-Dôme department
External links
★
Prefecture website
★
General Council website
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