Puy de Dome is a department of the Auvergne in Central Southern France. It takes its name from the dormant Puy de Dome volcano - just one of eighty caldera in the volcanic chain of Chaines de Puy within the region. Puy de Dome is located on the Massif Central, and offers an enormous variety of landscapes, from mountains and gorges to plains and forests. If you're looking for inexpensive rural French property in the Auvergne, Puy de Dome is an ideal place in which to start your search.
Dominating the landscape of Puy de Dome are France's two most prized regional nature parks - Volcano Park and Livradois-Forez Park. Sandwiched in-between these two great parks is the Allier Valley, through which the Allier River cuts a path. Descending off the Massif Central the Allier River tracks through the city of Clermont Ferrand - capital of the Puy de Dome region.
Clermont Ferrand is a beautiful city offering some stunning architecture, the most impressive of which is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption. Clermont Ferrand also has an international airport operating direct routes between Puy de Dome and many other major European airports.
Puy de Dome property is representative of the Auvergne region and offers great value to French property buyers. A 5-bed villa in France not far from Riom can be acquired for less than 200,000 euros, while an 8-bed Puy de Dome property on 2 hectares of land near St Gervais was recently available for 295,000 euros.
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