Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 147,284 (2020). Its metropolitan area had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 census. It is the prefecture (capital) of the Puy-de-Dôme département. Olivier Bianchi is its current mayor.
Photomontage: view of the historic center from Montjuzet Park (top) Victoire Square and Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral; Statue of Vercingétorix; and Chaussetiers Street (middle) Basilica of Notre-Dame du Port (bottom)
Only remaining Gallo-Roman wall of the Vasso Galate temple, Clermont-Ferrand.
Statue of Vercingétorix by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi on the main square of the city
Galeries of Jaude
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 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.
Lake Annecy in the French Alps