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Puy-de-Dôme

Local name: Puèi Domat

Located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Coordinates: 45°42′20″ N 3°08′46″ E

Map showing the location of Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme
Location in France
Population
664,385
664.4K
Elevation
401 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
Places inside
92
listed under Puy-de-Dôme
When to go
June–September
See the climate
Airports
CFE Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport9 km
AUR Aurillac airport107 km

About Puy-de-Dôme

Puy-de-Dôme is a district. Location: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Population: 664,385.

From Wikipedia

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 2023, it had a population of 664,453. Its prefecture is Clermont-Ferrand and subprefectures are Ambert, Issoire, Riom, and Thiers. Named after the Puy de Dôme dormant volcano, its inhabitants were called Puydedomois in French until 2005.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1790
Area
7,970 km²
Official website
puy-de-dome.fr

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Puy-de-Dôme

From Wikivoyage

Puy-de-dome is a department in the Auvergne region. It is an area which is richly diverse in both landscape and 'flora and fauna' including eagles, eagle owls, ospreys, red squirrels, wild boar, roe deer, stags and mouflon sheep, to name but a few which inhabit this rather beautiful and largely undiscovered part of France.

Mountains, valleys, dormant volcanoes, volcanic lakes, plateaus and plains come together to form two of France's largest regional parks called the Volcanic Park and the Livradois Forest Park. The area was listed as a natural world heritage site in 2018.

Get in+

By plane:

The Auvergne capital of Clermont-Ferrand, which is in the Puy-de-Dôme, has its own regional airport called Aulnat, with flights from the UK.

By train:

It is also well served by both rail, with links to Paris, Lyon and the South of France and motorway by the A75 which runs right through the centre of the Auvergne.

By tram:

Travelling around the city has never been so easy with the Tram now fully open and which links Aubiere to the south and Riom to the north of Clermont and also encompasses the old historical district of Montferrand.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Places bordering Puy-de-Dôme

  • Allier
  • Cantal
  • Corrèze department
  • Creuse
  • Haute-Loire
  • Loire

Population of Puy-de-Dôme over time

Population of Puy-de-Dôme over time
2015 647,501
2017 653,742
2018 659,048
2019 662,152
2020 661,852
2021 662,285
2022 664,385
2023 664,453

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Puy-de-Dôme

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 11° · Night 3° · Rain 48 mm

Hottest month
July (day 25°)
Coldest month
January (night 0°)
Wettest month
May (87 mm)
Driest month
March (35 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Puy-de-Dôme
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)7°9°12°14°19°22°25°25°21°16°11°8°
Average low (°C)0°1°2°4°8°11°13°13°10°7°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)403635518776577469634844

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Puy-de-Dôme

The nearest airport is Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport (CFE), 9 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Clermont-Ferrand, 9 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport (CFE) Clermont-Ferrand 9 kmnorth
  • Aurillac airport (AUR) Aurillac 107 kmsouthwest
  • Brive Souillac airport (BVE) Brive 150 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Clermont-Ferrand Population: 147.9K 9 kmnorthwest
  • Saint-Etienne Population: 176.3K 102 kmeast
  • Lyon Population: 520.8K 133 kmeast
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 135 kmeast
  • Limoges Population: 141.2K 148 kmwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Puy-de-Dôme

Within 100 km: 133 historic and cultural sites, 498 natural sites, 259 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km140 places

  • Lac de Servière Lake 23 kmW
  • Lac de Chambon Lake 23 kmSW
  • Lac d'Aydat Lake 13 kmW
  • Lac de la Cassière Lake 12 kmW

25–60 km235 places

  • Puy Bien Mountain 42 kmE
  • Étang de Tix Lake 52 kmW
  • Lac de Tazenat Lake 33 kmN
  • Étang de la Ramade Lake 57 kmW

60–100 km515 places

  • Étang de Pinaud Lake 85 kmNW
  • Lac de Madic Lake 65 kmSW
  • Étang des Landes Lake 83 kmNW
  • Étang de Corée Lake 79 kmNE

Straight-line distances.

Places in Puy-de-Dôme

92 places
  1. 1 Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand 363.8K
  2. 2 Arrondissement of Riom 137.7K
  3. 3 Arrondissement of Issoire 78.8K
  4. 4 Arrondissement of Thiers 56.5K
  5. 5 Arrondissement of Ambert 27.6K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Mountains & nature23

Lakes, rivers & coasts32

Nature and heritage in Puy-de-Dôme

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources