Editing Puy-de-Dôme

{{short description|Department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France}}
{{for|the volcano|Puy de Dôme}}
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| leader_name             = Lionel Chauvin<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/601ef073-d986-4582-8e1a-ed14dc857fba|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
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'''Puy-de-Dôme''' ({{IPA|fr|pɥi də dom|lang|fr-Paris--Puy-de-Dôme.ogg}}; {{langx|oc|label=[[Auvergnat (language)|Auvergnat]]|lo Puèi de Doma}} or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]] in the centre of France. In 2021, it had a population of 662,285.<ref name=pop2021>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/7728806/dep63.pdf Legal populations 2021: 63 Puy-de-Dôme], INSEE. Retrieved 31 March 2024.</ref> Its [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] is [[Clermont-Ferrand]] and [[Subprefectures in France|subprefectures]] are [[Ambert]], [[Issoire]], [[Riom]], and [[Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme|Thiers]].

Named after the [[Puy de Dôme]] dormant [[volcano]], its inhabitants were called ''Puydedomois'' in French until 2005. With effect from 2006, in response to a letter writing campaign, the name used for the inhabitants was changed by the [[Puy-de-Dôme General Council]] to ''Puydômois''; this is the name that has since then been used in all official documents and publications.

==History==
Puy-de-Dôme is one of the original 83 departments created during the [[French Revolution]] on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the [[provinces of France|former province]] of [[History of Auvergne|Auvergne]]. Originally, the department was to be called ''Mont-d'Or'' ("Golden Mountain"), but this was changed to Puy-de-Dôme following the intervention of [[Jean-François Gaultier de Biauzat]], a local [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|deputy]], because of a concern that the name originally chosen risked attracting excessive unwelcome attention from the national taxation authorities.

==Geography==
Puy-de-Dôme is part of the current [[regions of France|region]] of [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] and is bordered by the departments of [[Loire (department)|Loire]], [[Haute-Loire]], [[Cantal]], [[Corrèze]], [[Allier]], and [[Creuse]]. Parts of the department belong to the Parc naturel régional des Volcans d'Auvergne and [[Parc naturel régional Livradois-Forez]].

The department is in the [[Massif Central]] and boasts more than 80 volcanic craters. It is three hours from Paris and an hour from [[Lyon]] by [[Autoroutes of France|highways]] [[A71 autoroute|A71]] and [[A89 autoroute|A89]]. The [[A75 autoroute|A75]] links it to the [[Mediterranean Sea]].

===Principal towns===
The most populous commune is [[Clermont-Ferrand]], the prefecture. As of 2021, there are 10 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants:<ref name=pop2021/>

{| class=wikitable
! scope="col" | Commune
! scope="col" | Population (2021)
|-
| [[Clermont-Ferrand]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 147,327
|-
| [[Cournon-d'Auvergne]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 20,193
|-
| [[Riom]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 18,736
|-
| [[Chamalières]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 17,454
|-
| [[Issoire]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 15,014
|-
| [[Pont-du-Château]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 12,459
|-
| [[Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme|Thiers]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 11,633
|-
| [[Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme|Beaumont]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 10,650
|-
| [[Gerzat]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 10,258
|-
| [[Aubière]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 10,211
|-
| colspan="2" | <small>Source: INSEE - Municipal population</small>
|}

== Demographics ==
Population development since 1801:{{historical populations|cols=2|align=none|percentages=pagr|footnote=Sources:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://splaf.free.fr/63his.html|title=Historique du Puy-de-Dôme|website=Le SPLAF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4176909?geo=DEP-63|title=Évolution et structure de la population en 2016|publisher=INSEE}}</ref>|graph-pos=bottom
|13=1801|14=507,128|15=1806|16=542,834|17=1821|18=553,410|19=1831|20=573,106|21=1841|22=591,458|23=1851|24=596,897|25=1861|26=576,409|27=1872|28=566,463|29=1881|30=566,064|31=1891|32=564,266|33=1901|34=544,194|35=1911|36=525,916|37=1921|38=490,560|39=1931|40=500,590|41=1936|42=486,130|43=1946|44=478,903|45=1954|46=481,380|47=1962|48=508,928|49=1968|50=547,743|51=1975|52=580,033|53=1982|54=594,365|55=1990|56=598,213|57=1999|58=604,266|59=2006|60=623,463|61=2011|62=632,311|63=2016|64=650,700}}

==Economy==
The departmental seat, [[Clermont-Ferrand]], is home to one of the country's best known manufacturing businesses and brands, [[Michelin]]. [[Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme|Thiers]] is the oldest industry place in Auvergne with its cutlery tradition from the 14th century.

The countryside lends itself to tourism and Puy-de-Dôme is a weekend destination for city dwellers. As of 2019, 10.1% of the usable homes in the department were being kept as second homes.<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/6454969?sommaire=6454987&geo=DEP-63 Logement en 2019], INSEE</ref>

==Politics==
The department was the electoral constituency of [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]], who served as President of the Republic from 1974 to 1981. The president of the Departmental Council is Lionel Chauvin, elected in July 2021.

===Current National Assembly Representatives===

National Assembly Representatives to the 15th Legislature

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/|title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français|first=Assemblée|last=Nationale|website=Assemblée nationale}}</ref>!!Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La France Insoumise}}" |
| [[Puy-de-Dôme's 1st constituency]]
| [[Marianne Maximi]]
| [[La France Insoumise]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |
| [[Puy-de-Dôme's 2nd constituency]]
| [[Christine Pirès-Beaune]]
| [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Movement (France)}}" |
| [[Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd constituency]]
| [[Laurence Vichnievsky]]
| [[Democratic Movement (France)|MoDem]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Movement (France)}}" |
| [[Puy-de-Dôme's 4th constituency]]
| [[Delphine Lingemann]]
| [[Democratic Movement (France)|MoDem]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|French Communist Party}}" |
| [[Puy-de-Dôme's 5th constituency]]
| [[André Chassaigne]]
| [[French Communist Party]]
|}

==Tourism==
<gallery>
File:Clermont vu de Montjuzet.JPG|The black [[Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral|Cathedral of Clermont-Ferrand]]
File:Saint-Floret1.JPG|[[Saint-Floret]], one of the [[Les Plus Beaux Villages de France|most beautiful villages of France]]
File:Puy de dome 2001-12-15.jpg|The [[Puy de Dôme]] volcano 
File:Lac de Guéry5.JPG|The [[Lac de Guéry]] in the [[Massif Central]]
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Cantons of the Puy-de-Dôme department]]
*[[Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department]]
*[[Arrondissements of the Puy-de-Dôme department]]
*[[Maurice Persat]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
{{commons|Puy-de-Dôme}}
*{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.puy-de-dome.gouv.fr/ Prefecture website]
*{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.puy-de-dome.fr/ Departmental Council website]
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