Puy-de-Dôme is a département in the center of France named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme.

History

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Puy-de-Dôme was 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

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Puy-de-Dôme is part of the current région of Auvergne and is surrounded by the départements 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.

See also

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• Cantons of the Puy-de-Dôme département
• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme département
• Arrondissements of the Puy-de-Dôme département

External links

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• Prefecture website (in French)
• Conseil Général website (in French)

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