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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). The Sancy Massif in the Monts Dore is the highest point in Auvergne (1,886 metres (6,188 ...
Français : Carte administrative vierge de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, destinée à la géolocalisation. Projection "Géoportail" (projection équirectangulaire à la latitude de référence 46.5° Nord)
The city was the finish of Tour de France stages in 1951 and 1959, and will host the start of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes. [ 19 ] The city is also home to a rugby union club competing at international level, ASM Clermont Auvergne , as well as Clermont Foot Auvergne , a football club that has competed in France's top tier, Ligue 1 , since the ...
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (French pronunciation: [ovɛʁɲ ʁonalp] ⓘ; ARA) [note 1] is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into effect on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections in December 2015. [4]
Francis of Sales was born in Sales, France in 1567 and served as bishop of Annecy from 1602 to 1622; [7] his relics are preserved in the cathedral. [6] During the French Revolution, the Savoy region was conquered by France. Annecy became attached to the department of Mont Blanc, whose capital was Chambéry. [8]
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (French pronunciation: [ʃamɔni mɔ̃ blɑ̃]; Arpitan: Chamôni-Mont-Blanc), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (Chamôni), [a] [b] is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics, held in 1924.
Auvergne had an area of 26,013 square kilometres (10,044 sq mi), which is 4.8% of France's total area. Auvergne was one of the smallest regions in France during its existence. Auvergne was bordered by the administrative regions of Centre-Val de Loire and Burgundy to the north, Rhône-Alpes to the east, Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées ...
Location map of Forez mountains in the Massif Central. ... Location: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France: Parent range: ... Thiers is the cutlery capital of France, ...