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Auvergne terrain map. Auvergne is known for its mountain ranges and dormant volcanoes. Together the Monts Dore and the Chaîne des Puys include 80 volcanoes. The Puy de Dôme is the highest volcano in the region, with an altitude of 1,465 metres (4,806 ft).
2 years War of the Polish Succession: 10 October 1733 3 October 1735 1 year, 11 months, 3 weeks and 2 days Mexican-American War: 25 April 1846 2 February 1848 1 year, 9 months, 1 week and 1 day Toyota War: 16 December 1986: 11 September 1987: 8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days Gulf War: 2 August 1990: 28 February 1991: 6 months, 3 weeks and 5 days
It was also the start town for stage 10 of the 2018 Tour de France on 17 July 2018. Annecy launched a bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics but lost to Pyeongchang . [ 15 ] If they had been chosen, Annecy would have been the fourth French city to host the Winter Olympic Games, after Chamonix ( 1924 ), Grenoble ( 1968 ), and Albertville ( 1992 ).
Hauts-de-France: British Second Army [59] 1944-09-03: Lille: 59: Hauts-de-France: British Second Army [59] 1944-09-03: Lyon: 69: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes [4] see also 1st Army (France) 1944-09-04: Montreuil: 62: Hauts-de-France: Canadian: General Crerar [59] 1944-09-04: Bourg-en-Bresse: 01: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes [65] 1944-09-04: Mâcon: 71 ...
Christianized by Saint Austremoine, Auvergne was quite prosperous during the Roman period. After a short time under the Visigoths, it was conquered by the Franks in 507. During the earlier medieval period, Auvergne was a county within the duchy of Aquitaine and from time to time part of the "Angevin Empire".
The Château de Chavaniac aka Chateau Lafayette [1] [2] [3] is a fortified manor house of eighteen rooms furnished in the Louis XIII style located in Chavaniac-Lafayette, Haute-Loire, in Auvergne province, France. Flanked by two towers of black stone, it was built in the 14th century and was the birthplace of General Lafayette in 1757.
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Usson ( French pronunciation: [ysɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France .
The French demarcation line was the boundary line marking the division of Metropolitan France into the territory occupied and administered by the German Army (Zone occupée) in the northern and western part of France and the Zone libre (Free zone) in the south during World War II.