Puy de Dôme is a lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central in central France. This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes and maars is far from the edge of any tectonic plate. Puy-de-Dôme is situated 3½ km west of Mont Rodeix.

Circuit de Charade

Sports venue

Photo: Michel Huhardeaux, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Circuit de Charade, also known as Circuit Louis Rosier and Circuit Clermont-Ferrand, is a motorsport race track in Saint-Genès-Champanelle near Clermont-Ferrand in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Circuit de Charade is situated 3 km southeast of Mont Rodeix.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chamalières and Clermont-Ferrand.

Chamalières

Town

Photo: Alexandre.chassignon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chamalières is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, central France. With 17,276 inhabitants, Chamalières is the fourth-largest town in the department. Chamalières is situated 5 km east of Mont Rodeix.

Clermont-Ferrand

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Clermont-Ferrand is a city in central France, the capital of the Auvergne region. Population 140,000.

Beaumont

Town

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Beaumont is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. The commune lies to the south of the dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme which is clearly visible, including the telecommunication antennas that sit on its top. Beaumont is situated 6 km east of Mont Rodeix.

Mont Rodeix

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Montrodeix”
Category: locality
Location: Orcines, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude

45.76406° or 45° 45′ 51″ north

Longitude

3.00628° or 3° 0′ 23″ east

Elevation

842 metres (2,762 feet)

Open location code

8FQ5Q274+JG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 730998972

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2992034

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