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Auvergne (Occitan: Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha) is one of the 26 administrative regions
Régions of France

France is divided into 26 regions or r?gions , of which 21 are in continental metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, and four lie overseas....
 of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province
Provinces of France

The Kingdom of France was organised into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the d?partement in France system superseded provinces....
 of Auvergne
Auvergne (province)

Auvergne was a historic province of France in south central France. It was originally the feudal domain of the List of rulers of Auvergne. It is now the geographical and cultural area that corresponds to the former province....
, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not part of Auvergne. The Auvergne region is composed of the following old provinces:



Velay, Gévaudan
Gévaudan

G?vaudan is an historical area of France, nowadays situated in Loz?re d?partement in France. It took its name from the Gabali, a Gallic tribe subordinate to the Arverni....
, and Vivarais
Vivarais

Vivarais refers to a part of France:*a traditional region in the south-east of the country, covering the d?partement of Ard?che, named after its capital Viviers, Ard?che on the river Rh?ne River....
 are often considered to be sub-provinces of the old Languedoc
Languedoc

Languedoc is a former province of France, now continued in the modern-day List of regions in France of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyr?n?es in the south of France, and whose capital city was Toulouse, now in Midi-Pyr?n?es....
 province.






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Auvergne (Occitan: Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha) is one of the 26 administrative regions
Régions of France

France is divided into 26 regions or r?gions , of which 21 are in continental metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, and four lie overseas....
 of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province
Provinces of France

The Kingdom of France was organised into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the d?partement in France system superseded provinces....
 of Auvergne
Auvergne (province)

Auvergne was a historic province of France in south central France. It was originally the feudal domain of the List of rulers of Auvergne. It is now the geographical and cultural area that corresponds to the former province....
, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not part of Auvergne. The Auvergne region is composed of the following old provinces:

  • Auvergne
    Auvergne (province)

    Auvergne was a historic province of France in south central France. It was originally the feudal domain of the List of rulers of Auvergne. It is now the geographical and cultural area that corresponds to the former province....
    : departments of Puy-de-Dôme
    Puy-de-Dôme

    Puy-de-D?me is a departments of France in the center of France named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-D?me ....
    , Cantal
    Cantal

    Cantal is a departments of France in south-central France. It is named after the Cantal mountain range, a group of extinct, eroded volcanic peaks, which covers much of the department....
    , north-west of Haute-Loire
    Haute-Loire

    Haute-Loire is a departments of France in south-central France named after the Loire River....
    , and extreme south of Allier
    Allier

    Allier is a departments of France in south-central France named after the Allier River....
    . The province of Auvergne is entirely contained inside the Auvergne region.
  • Bourbonnais
    Bourbonnais

    Bourbonnais was a historic province in the centre of France that corresponded to the modern d?partement in France of Allier, along with part of the d?partement of Cher ....
    : department of Allier
    Allier

    Allier is a departments of France in south-central France named after the Allier River....
    . A small part of Bourbonnais is also contained inside the Centre
    Centre (France)

    Centre is one of the 26 regions of France of France, located towards the northwest of the actual centre of the country, around the Loire Valley....
     region.
  • Velay: center and southeast of department of Haute-Loire. Velay is entirely contained inside the Auvergne region.
  • a small part of Gévaudan
    Gévaudan

    G?vaudan is an historical area of France, nowadays situated in Loz?re d?partement in France. It took its name from the Gabali, a Gallic tribe subordinate to the Arverni....
    : extreme southwest of Haute-Loire. Gévaudan is essentially inside the Languedoc-Roussillon
    Languedoc-Roussillon

    Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 26 Regions of France of France. It comprises five departments of France, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur, Rh?ne-Alpes, Auvergne , Midi-Pyr?n?es on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side....
     region.
  • a small part of Vivarais
    Vivarais

    Vivarais refers to a part of France:*a traditional region in the south-east of the country, covering the d?partement of Ard?che, named after its capital Viviers, Ard?che on the river Rh?ne River....
    : extreme southeast of Haute-Loire. Vivarais is essentially inside the Rhône-Alpes
    Rhône-Alpes

    Rh?ne-Alpes is one of the 26 Regions of France of France, located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the Rh?ne River and the Alps mountain range....
     region.
  • a small part of Forez
    Forez

    Forez is a Provinces of France of France, corresponding approximately to the central part of the modern Loire d?partement in France and a part of the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-D?me d?partements....
    : extreme northeast of Haute-Loire. Forez is essentially inside the Rhône-Alpes region.


Velay, Gévaudan
Gévaudan

G?vaudan is an historical area of France, nowadays situated in Loz?re d?partement in France. It took its name from the Gabali, a Gallic tribe subordinate to the Arverni....
, and Vivarais
Vivarais

Vivarais refers to a part of France:*a traditional region in the south-east of the country, covering the d?partement of Ard?che, named after its capital Viviers, Ard?che on the river Rh?ne River....
 are often considered to be sub-provinces of the old Languedoc
Languedoc

Languedoc is a former province of France, now continued in the modern-day List of regions in France of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyr?n?es in the south of France, and whose capital city was Toulouse, now in Midi-Pyr?n?es....
 province. Forez is also often considered to be a sub-province of Lyonnais
Lyonnais

After the division of the Carolingian Empire, the region was part of the Kingdom of Burgundy. The disintegration of Imperial control over especially after the fall of the Hohenstaufen in 1254, led to French encroachment in the region, and the Lyonnais was acquired by King Philip IV of France in 1313....
 province. Therefore, the modern region of Auvergne is composed of the provinces of Auvergne, Bourbonnais, and parts of Languedoc and Lyonnais.

The 2002 award-winning film, To Be and to Have (Être et avoir), documents one year in the life of a one-teacher school in rural Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson
Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson

Saint-?tienne-sur-Usson is a village or Commune in France of Puy-de-D?me D?partement in France in the Auvergne region of France. As of 1999 the village's population was just over 200....
, Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme

Puy-de-D?me is a departments of France in the center of France named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-D?me ....
, Auvergne.

The region contains many volcanoes
Chaîne des Puys

The Cha?ne des Puys is a north-south chain of cinder cones, lava domes, and maars in the Massif Central of France. The chain is about 40 km long, and the identified volcanic features include 48 cinder cones, eight lava domes, and 15 maars and explosion craters....
, although the last confirmed eruption was around 6,000 years ago. They began forming some 70,000 years ago, and most have eroded away leaving plugs of unerupted hardened magma
Magma

Magma is molten Rock that is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and may also exist on other terrestrial planets. Besides molten rock, magma may also contain suspended crystals and gas bubbles....
 that form rounded hilltops known as puys.

Major communities

  • Aurillac
    Aurillac

    Aurillac is a commune in France in the Auvergne Regions of France in central France, capital of the Cantal Departments of France.The inhabitants of Aurillac are called the Aurillacois, and are also Cantaliens ....
  • Chamalières
    Chamalières

    Chamali?res is a town and Communes of France in France, in the third-largest in the Puy-de-D?me Departments of France. It is about 150 miles from Lyon....
  • Clermont-Ferrand
    Clermont-Ferrand

    Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune in France of France, in the Auvergne regions of France, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census....
  • Cournon-d'Auvergne
    Cournon-d'Auvergne

    Cournon-d'Auvergne is a town and Communes of the Puy-de-D?me department in the Puy-de-D?me departments of France of central France....
  • Issoire
    Issoire

    Issoire is a town and commune in France of central France, capital of an arrondissement in France in the d?partement in France of Puy-de-D?me....
  • Le Puy-en-Velay
    Le Puy-en-Velay

    Le Puy-en-Velay is a Communes of France in the Haute-Loire Departments of France in south-central France.Its inhabitants are called Ponots....
  • Montluçon
    Montluçon

    Montlu?on is a communes of France in central France. It is the largest commune in the Departments of France of Allier, although the capital is located in the much smaller commune of Moulins, Allier....
  • Moulins
    Moulins, Allier

    Moulins is a Communes of France in central France, capital of the Allier Departments of France....
  • Riom
    Riom

    Riom is a historic city in the Auvergne r?gion in France of France. It is a commune in France and sous-pr?fecture of the Puy-de-D?me D?partement in France....
  • Vichy
    Vichy

    Vichy is a Communes of France in the Departments of France of Allier in Auvergne in central France. It is known as a Spa town and resort town....


External links

  • (English and French) Independent portal for the Regordane Way or St Gilles Trail. (The Regordane Way starts in Auvergne)
  • Guide to the Auvergne in English and French.