Population - 604,000    (1,067,000)

Area - 7,970 km²   (1,663)

Population density - 76    (642)

(comparative figs - Surrey UK)

Towns with over 3,000 people

Ambert   7,309
Aubiere   9,898
Aulnat   4,488
Beaumont   10,741
Billom   4,240
Blanzat   3,918
Brassac-les-Mines   3,249
Cebazat   7,800
Le Cendre   4,869
Ceyrat   5,593
Chamalieres   18,136
Chatelguyon   5,241
Clermont-Ferrand   137,140
Cournon-d'Auvergne   18,866
Courpiere   4,612
Gerzat   9,071
Issoire   13,773
lempdes   8,401
Lezoux   4,957
Les Martres-de-Veyre   3,914
Mozac   3,671
Orcines   3,067
Pont-du-Chateau   8,874
Riom   18,548
Romagnat   8,177
Royat   4,658
Saint-Eloy-les-Mines   4,134
Thiers   13,338
Veyre-Monton   3,443
Vic-le-Comte   4,404
Volvic   4,202

What is it really like for holidays in Puy-de-Dome

Slap bang in the middle of the Massif Central we have here the industrial revolution economic powerhouse at the centre of France with the Michelin tyre factory employing 30,000 people from the 1890's right up to the 1980's

Now vastly reduced the city has been through most of the major changes seen by all of western europe as the economy has moved to the high-tech and service industries

Just 15km outside the city is the Puy de Dome - 1464 metres above sea level and a sharp 400 metres from top to bottom - from here you really can - sometimes - see across to Mont Blanc in the Alpes

This - along with the rest of the Massif Central - comes from hefty volcanoes of old

Main town

Clermont-Ferrand

445 miles - 6.5 hours - from Calais

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