Auvergne (region)
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Auvergne (French pronunciation: [ovɛʁɲ]; Occitan: Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha) is ane o the 27 admeenistrative regions o Fraunce. It comprises the 4 depairtments o Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal an Haute Loire.
Auvergne | |
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Kintra | Fraunce |
Prefectur | Clermont-Ferrand |
Departments | 4
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Govrenment | |
• Preses | René Souchon (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 26013 km2 (10,044 sq mi) |
Population (2008-01-01) | |
• Total | 1,341,000 |
• Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
GDP (2006)[1] | Rankit {{{GDP_rank}}} |
Tot | €32 billion (US${{{GDP_US$}}} bn) |
Per capita | €23,800 (US${{{GDP_per_capita_US$}}}) |
NUTS Region | FR7 |
Website | auvergne.org |
The current admeenistrative region o Auvergne is lairger than the historical province o Auvergne, an includes provinces an auries that historically wur no pairt o Auvergne. The Auvergne region is componed o the follaein auld provinces:
- Auvergne: depairtments o Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal, north-wast o Haute-Loire, an extreme sooth o Allier. The province o Auvergne is entirely contained inside the Auvergne region.
- Bourbonnais: depairtment o Allier. A sma pairt o Bourbonnais is an aw contained inside the Centre region (sooth o the depairtment o Cher).
- Velay: centre an sootheast o depairtment o Haute-Loire. Velay is entirely contained inside the Auvergne region.
- a sma pairt o Gévaudan: extreme soothwast o Haute-Loire. Gévaudan is essentially inside the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
- a sma pairt o Vivarais: extreme sootheast o Haute-Loire. Vivarais is essentially inside the Rhône-Alpes region.
- a sma pairt o Forez: extreme northeast o Haute-Loire. Forez is essentially inside the Rhône-Alpes region.
Velay, Gévaudan, an Vivarais are aften considered tae be sub-provinces o the auld Languedoc province. Forez is an aw aften considered tae be a sub-province o Lyonnais province. Therefore, the modren region o Auvergne is componed o the provinces o Auvergne, major pairt o Bourbonnais, an pairts o Languedoc an Lyonnais.
The 2002 awaird-winnin film, To Be and to Have (Être et avoir), documents ane year in the life o a ane-teacher schuil in rural Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne.[2]
The region contains mony volcanoes, awtho the last confirmit eruption wis aroond 6,000 year ago. Thay began formin some 70,000 year ago, an maist hae erodit awa leavin plugs o uneruptit hardened magma that form roondit hilltops kent as puys.[3]