Auvergne

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Auvergne is a historic region in central France known for its volcanic landscapes, rural character, and Romanesque heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative region of France
historic region
capital Clermont-Ferrand
climate continental with mountain influences
contains Allier
Aurillac
Cantal
Chaîne des Puys
Haute-Loire
Issoire
Le Puy-en-Velay
Livradois-Forez
Monts Dore
Monts du Cantal
Moulins
Puy Mary
Puy-de-Dôme
surface form: Puy de Dôme

Puy-de-Dôme
Thiers
Vichy
Volvic
country France
hasHeritage Romanesque churches
medieval villages
hasIndustry mineral water production
hasUNESCOSite Chaîne des Puys
surface form: Chaîne des Puys – Limagne fault tectonic arena
historicalProvinceStatus province of the Kingdom of France
historicalRegionOf France
knownFor Romanesque heritage
chain of extinct volcanoes
knife-making in Thiers
rural character
volcanic landscapes
largestCity Clermont-Ferrand
locatedIn central France
mergedInto Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
mergerEffectiveDate 2016-01-01
officialLanguage French
partOf Massif Central
preFrenchRevolutionStatus province
regionalLanguage Auvergnat dialect
Occitan
terrain mountainous
volcanic plateaus
traditionalCheese Fourme de Montbrison cheese
surface form: Bleu d’Auvergne cheese

Cantal cheese
Fourme d'Ambert
surface form: Fourme d’Ambert cheese

Saint-Nectaire cheese
Salers cheese

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Puy-de-Dôme historicalRegion Auvergne
Haute-Loire locatedIn Auvergne
this entity surface form: Auvergne historical region
Margeride partOf Auvergne
this entity surface form: Auvergne historical area
Montluçon historicalRegion Auvergne
Cantal formerRegion Auvergne
south-central France includes Auvergne
this entity surface form: Auvergne region
Monts Dore locatedInRegion Auvergne
Velay locatedIn Auvergne
this entity surface form: Auvergne region (historical)
Velay partOf Auvergne
this entity surface form: Auvergne (historical province)
Cantal Mountains region Auvergne
Louis Desaix birthPlace Auvergne
Chavaniac-Lafayette, Auvergne, France locatedIn Auvergne
subject surface form: Chavaniac-Lafayette
this entity surface form: Auvergne region
Georges Couthon placeOfBirth Auvergne
Limousin borderedBy Auvergne
Puy-de-Dôme department formerRegion Auvergne
subject surface form: Puy-de-Dôme (department)
this entity surface form: Auvergne (region)
Puy-de-Dôme department historicProvince Auvergne
subject surface form: Puy-de-Dôme (department)
this entity surface form: Auvergne (historic province)
Aurillac historicalRegion Auvergne
Midi-Pyrénées borderedBy Auvergne
Issoire historicRegion Auvergne
Issoire historicProvince Auvergne
Rouergue bordersRegion Auvergne
Senouire River flowsThrough Auvergne
Auvergnat spokenIn Auvergne
Auvergnat region Auvergne
Duchy of Aquitaine contains Auvergne
this entity surface form: Auvergne (at times)
Thiers regionHistoric Auvergne
Volvic formerRegion Auvergne
Royat locatedInFormerRegion Auvergne
ASM Clermont Auvergne region Auvergne
Odilo of Cluny birthPlace Auvergne
Brioude regionHistorically Auvergne