Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme (; oc, label= Auvergnat, lo Puèi de Doma or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2019, it had a population of 662,152.department in
Auvergne
Auvergne (; ; oc, label= Occitan, Auvèrnhe or ) is a former administrative region in central France, comprising the four departments of Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and Haute-Loire. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Au ...
in central
France
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Population
Sights
The neo-romanesque parish church of St Étienne was built in 1867, replacing a previous church building that dated from the 12th century. It is first recorded in a document of the beginning of the 13th century.''Lempdes: mémoire d'un village''; pp. 58-69
Notable people
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Pierre-Jules Boulanger
Pierre-Jules Boulanger, often known simply as Pierre Boulanger (10 March 1885 – 12 November 1950), was a French engineer and businessman. He directed Citroën as a vice-president and as chairman from 1935 until his death in a car accident. He ...
Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France.
Intercommunalities
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Puy-de-Dôme
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