Puy-de-Dôme is a department in the center of France named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme. Puy-de-Dôme is one of the unique 83 subdivision formed in the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The capital of the subdivision and the region is Clermont-Ferrand, a lively dynamic university town, home to the Michelin tyre and guidebook corporation.Puy-de-Dôme is part of the current region of Auvergne and is surrounded by the departments of Cantal, Loire, Haute-Loire, Allier, and Corrèzeand Creuse. The complete department has a wonderful and unspoilt nature as well as many monuments (castles, churches, etc) and museums which testify the rich past of this part of France.

The Puy-de-Dôme department belongs to the Auvergne region. Its name instigates from a stunning volcanic mountain. The department is in the Massif Central and brags more than 80 volcanic craters. The capital of the subdivision and the region is Clermont-Ferrand, a lively dynamic university town, home to the Michelin tyre and guidebook corporation. The prefecture of Puy de Dome is Clermont Ferrand department accounts for about 624,000 inhabitants called the Puydômois. It is bordered with Allier, Loire, Haute-Loire, Cantal, Corrèze and Creuse. Puy de Dome was formed in 1790 as an outcome of the French revolution. The terrain covering the department corresponds approximately to the historical region named ‘Basse Auvergne’.