Clermont-Ferrand

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Clermont-Ferrand
The Place o Jaude The Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption of Clermont, The tramway Translohr ; The Statue o Vercingétorix The Opera o Clermont-Ferrand.
The Place o Jaude
The Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption of Clermont, The tramway Translohr ; The Statue o Vercingétorix
The Opera o Clermont-Ferrand.
Coat of airms o Clermont-Ferrand
Coat airms
Clermont-Ferrand is located in Fraunce
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Clermont-Ferrand is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand
Coordinates: 45°46′59″N 3°04′57″E / 45.7831°N 3.0824°E / 45.7831; 3.0824Coordinates: 45°46′59″N 3°04′57″E / 45.7831°N 3.0824°E / 45.7831; 3.0824
KintraFraunce
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepairtmentPuy-de-Dôme
ArrondissementClermont-Ferrand
IntercommunalityClermont
Govrenment
 • Mayor (2008—2014) Serge Godard
Area
1
42.67 km2 (16.47 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2010)
300 km2 (100 sq mi)
 • Metro
 (2010)
1331 km2 (514 sq mi)
Population
 (2011[1])2
140,957
 • Density3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (Jan. 2010)
463,891
 • Urban density1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
 (Jan. 2010)
463,891
 • Metro density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
63113 /63000
Elevation321–602 m (1,053–1,975 ft)
(avg. 358 m or 1,175 ft)
Websitehttp://www.clermont-ferrand.fr/
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Clermont-Ferrand (French pronunciation: ​[klɛʀmɔ̃ fɛʀɑ̃], Auvergnat Occitan: Clarmont-Ferrand / Clarmont d'Auvèrnha) is a ceety an commune o Fraunce, in the Auvergne region, wi a population o 141,000 (2011). Its metropolitan aurie haed 463 891 indwallers at the 1999 census. It is the prefectur (caipital) o the Puy-de-Dôme depairtment. Serge Godard is the current Mayor o the ceety.

Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]

Twin touns – Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]

Clermont-Ferrand is twinned wi:[2]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. 2011 Census, INSEE
  2. a b c d e f g h i j k l "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. "Twinning". Aberdeen City Council. Archived frae the original on 23 November 2008. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2008.
  4. a b "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 Julie 2013.
  5. Salford City Council. "Salford's twin towns". Salford.gov.uk. Archived frae the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 4 Mey 2008.
  6. "Sister Cities". City of Norman. Archived frae the original on 17 Apryle 2015. Retrieved 7 Januar 2012.
  7. Uzaklar Yakinlaşti - Sivas Twin Towns Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkis)