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Puy de Dôme was created by a Peléan eruption, some 10,700 years ago. Puy de Dôme is approximately 10 km (6 miles) from Clermont-Ferrand . The Puy-de-Dôme département is named after the volcano.
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Puy-de-Dôme ( French: [pɥi də dom] ⓘ; Auvergnat: lo Puèi de Doma or lo Puèi Domat) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2021, it had a population of 662,285. [3] Its prefecture is Clermont-Ferrand and subprefectures are Ambert, Issoire, Riom, and Thiers . Named after the Puy de Dôme dormant ...
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Le Puy-de-Dôme (/ p ɥ i. d (ə). d o m / [Note 1]) est un département du centre de la France situé dans la région administrative Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Son nom lui vient du volcan éteint : le puy de Dôme. Il correspond de façon assez éloignée à l'ancien Bas-Pays d'Auvergne, une subdivision administrative de la province d'Auvergne ...
Le puy de Dôme est un dôme de lave trachytique situé dans le Massif central, à une quinzaine de kilomètres de Clermont-Ferrand ; il a donné son nom au département du Puy-de-Dôme. Âgé d'environ 11 000 ans, c'est un des volcans les plus jeunes de la chaîne des Puys. Il est inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO depuis 2018 [3].
The site was discovered in 1872 during the construction of a meteorological observatory. Very quickly, the first excavations took place between 1873 and 1878, conducted by The Academy of Sciences of Clermont-Ferrand, under Louis-Clémentin Bruyère's direction in 1875. [1]
Puy-de-Dôme was created in 1790 during the French Revolution, when the whole of France was divided into departments, replacing the old provinces. Puy-de-Dôme was formed with part of the old province of Auvergne .
Its highest point is the lava dome of Puy de Dôme, located near the middle of the chain, which is 1,465 m (4,806 ft) high. The name of the range comes from a French term, puy, which refers to a volcanic mountain with a rounded profile. A date of 4040 BC is usually given for the last eruption of a Chaîne des Puys volcano.
