Auvergne, France

Landscape between Malpas and Le Puy in Auvergne, France
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FR-43-V%C3%A9lay7.JPG
Author: Szeder László


Auvergne is one of the 26 regions of France. A landlocked region, it is bordered by Centre to the northwest, Burgundy to the northeast, Rhône-Alpes to the east, Languedoc-Roussillon to the south and Midi-Pyrénées to the southwest and Limousin to the west.

Landscape of Auvergne at haute vallée de la Biourière
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haute_vall%C3%A9e_de_la_Biouri%C3%A8re.jpg
Author: Jmp48


Auvergne covers 26,013 sq km (10,043.7 sq mi). It has a population of 1.3 million people (2011 estimate). The regional capital is the city of Clermont-Ferrand.

It is surprising to note that the terrain of Auvergne is volcanic, though it is safe to say that none of the volcanoes of Auvergne has erupted in the past 6,000 years. Nonetheless Auvergne is the largest volcanic region in Europe.

Dore l'Eglise church in Auvergne
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dore_l%27Eglise_2.jpg
Author: EmDee

How to go to Auvergne

By Road
Going by road is the most practical way to explore Auvergne. It is three hours from Paris on autoroute A71 and two hours from Lyon on autoroute A72.

Cournols dolmen in a village in Auvergne
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cournols_dolmen1.jpg
Author: Niels

Main towns and cities in Auvergne

Departments of Auvergne

Tourist Sights in Auvergne

Members of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

About this website

Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.