Puy-de-Dôme

**Puy-de-Dôme** is a French department in the centre of France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and named after the dormant volcano the **Puy de Dôme**. Its prefecture is the city of Clermont-Ferrand.

## History
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.

It was divided in eight districts: Ambert, Besse, Billom, Clermont-Ferrand, Issoire, Montaigu, Riom and Thiers, with Clermont-Ferrand as is capital.

In 1800, with the creation of the *arrondissements* in France, the eight districts were changed into five *arrondissements*: Ambert, Clermont-Ferrand, Issoire, Riom and Thiers. On 10 September 1926, the *arrondissement* of  Ambert was eliminated but, in 1942 Ambert became again an *arrondissement* of the department.
* **Monts du Forez**, to the east of the department
* **Livradois**, to the south.
* **Massif des Bois Noirs**, to the northeast.
* **Cézallier**, to the southwest.

### Climate
The climate of the Puy-de-Dôme department, in the city of Clermont-Ferrand, is an oceanic climate, **Cfb** (Marine West Coast Climate) in the Köppen climate classification.

The average temperature for the year in Clermont-Ferrand, at an altitude of , is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Clermont-Ferrand is . The month with the most precipitation on average is May with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of .

## Administration
Puy-de-Dôme is part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The department is managed by the *Departamental Council of the Puy-de-Dôme* in Clermont-Ferrand.

### Administrative divisions
There are 5 *arrondissements* (districts), 31 *cantons* and 467 *communes* (municipalities) in Puy-de-Dôme.

The following is a list of the 31 cantons of the Puy-de-Dôme department (with their INSEE codes), in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:

# Aigueperse (6301)
# Ambert (6302)
# Aubière (6303)
# Beaumont (6304)
# Billom (6305)
# Brassac-les-Mines (6306)
# Cébazat (6307)
# Chamalières (6308)
# Châtel-Guyon (6309)
# Clermont-Ferrand-1 (6310)
# Clermont-Ferrand-2 (6311)
# Clermont-Ferrand-3 (6312)
# Clermont-Ferrand-4 (6313)
# Clermont-Ferrand-5 (6314)
# Clermont-Ferrand-6 (6315)
# Cournon-d'Auvergne (6316)
# Gerzat (6317)
# Issoire (6318)
# Lezoux (6319)
# Maringues (6320)
# Les Martres-de-Veyre (6321)
# Les Monts du Livradois (6322)
# Orcines (6323)
# Pont-du-Château (6324)
# Riom (6325)
# Saint-Éloy-les-Mines (6326)
# Saint-Georges-de-Mons (6327)
# Saint-Ours (6328)
# Le Sancy (6329)
# Thiers (6330)
# Vic-le-Comte (6331)

## Demographics
The inhabitants of Puy-de-Dôme are known, in French, as *Puydômois* (women: *Puydômoises*).

Puy-de-Dôme has a population, in 2014, of 644,216, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The *arrondissement* of Clermont-Ferrand, with 375,518 inhabitants, is by far the largest.

**Evolution of the population in Puy-de-Dôme**

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The most important cities in the department are:

## Gallery

File:Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme.jpg|Departmental Council building.
File:Clermont vu de Montjuzet.JPG|The black Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral.
File:Ambert.jpg|Ambert.
File:Issoire Place de la Republique.jpg|*Place de la Republique*, Issoire.
File:Puy de dome 2001-12-15.jpg|The Puy de Dôme volcano.

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Puy-de-Dôme department
* Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department

## References
## Other websites
* Departamental Council website 
* Prefecture website