Puy-de-Dôme is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2021, it had a population of 662,285. Its prefecture is Clermont-Ferrand and subprefectures are Ambert, Issoire, Riom, and Thiers.
Riom is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
Auvergne is a cultural region in central France.
Jean-Marie Villot was a French prelate and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1965 to 1967, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1967 to 1969, Vatican Secretary of State from 1969 to 1979, and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1970 to 1979. He was made a cardinal in 1965.
François de La Rochefoucauld was a French Cardinal and an "important figure in the French Counter Reformation church".
Saint-Flour is a commune in the south-central French department of Cantal, approximately 100 km south of Clermont-Ferrand. Its inhabitants are called Sanflorains.
The arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand is an arrondissement of France in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 73 communes. Its population is 360,276 (2016), and its area is 884.4 km2 (341.5 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Riom is an arrondissement of France in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 155 communes. Its population is 135,164 (2016), and its area is 2,705.3 km2 (1,044.5 sq mi).
The following is a list of the 31 cantons of the Puy-de-Dôme department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
The 2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship was played in the Auvergne region of France throughout June 2006. The final was played between South Africa and France at the Stade Marcel-Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand, which saw France win 24–13.
Benildus Romançon, F.S.C. was a French schoolteacher and member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools who was declared a saint by the Catholic Church in 1948. His feast day is 13 August.
Gilbert Génébrard was a French Benedictine exegete and Orientalist.
Calminius, also known as Calmin, founded three French abbeys in the 6th or 7th centuries AD: Mozac Abbey, in Puy-de-Dôme; Laguenne Abbey and the abbey of Monastier-Saint-Chaffre. His Saint's day is August 19.
The Diocese of Moulins is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The episcopal see is located in the city of Moulins. The diocese comprises all of the department of Allier in the region of Auvergne.
The Archdiocese of Clermont is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the department of Puy-de-Dôme, in the Region of Auvergne. The Archbishop's seat is Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral. Throughout its history Clermont was the senior suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bourges. It became a metropolitan see itself, however, in 2002. The current archbishop is François Kalist.
Saint Gal of Clermont was the sixteenth Bishop of Clermont, holding that see from 527 to 551. He shares a name with a later bishop of the diocese, who, though less illustrious than the first Gal, is also revered as a saint. Gal played an important role in the politics of the Church, as the Council of Clermont (535) was hosted under his episcopate. He was the uncle and teacher of Gregory of Tours.
Clermont-Ferrand station is a French railway station, located on the Saint-Germain-des-Fossés–Nîmes railway in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The station is served by Intercités (Intercity) and TER (Regional) services operated by SNCF.
Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse was a member of Paris Foreign Missions Society and is a martyr saint of the Catholic Church. He is one of the 120 martyrs of China, canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1 of the Holy Year 2000, on the feast of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, patron saint of the missions.
Claude Rodier was a physicist, teacher and staff sergeant in the Mouvements Unis de la Résistance (MUR), part of the French Resistance in Auvergne, France.
