Puy-de-Dôme

Puy de Dôme is a lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of in central . This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes and maars is far from the edge of any tectonic plate.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,464 metres
  • Description: volcano in France
  • Also known as: “Puy de Dome” and “Puy de Dôme”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Temple of Mercury and Col de Ceyssat.

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The at Puy de Dôme is a Gallo-Roman…

Mountain saddle
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is a mountain saddle.

Volcano
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is a volcano.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Égaules and Chamalières.

Hamlet
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is a small hamlet, part of the Volvic commune… is situated 8 km northeast of Puy-de-Dôme.

Town
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is a commune in the department, , central . is situated 8 km east of Puy-de-Dôme.

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is a city in central , the capital of the region.

Puy-de-Dôme

Latitude
45.77265° or 45° 46′ 22″ north
Longitude
2.96441° or 2° 57′ 52″ east
Elevation
1,464 metres (4,803 feet)
Open location code
8FQ4QXF7+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 34563650
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3021215
Wiki­data ID
Q607372
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Puy-de-Dôme” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Դոմ (լեռ, Ֆրանսիա)”
  • Armenian: “Դոմ”
  • Basque: “Puy de Dôme sumendia”
  • Belarusian: “Дом (гара, Францыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Дом”
  • Breton: “Puèi Domat”
  • Bulgarian: “Пюи дьо Дом”
  • Catalan: “Puèi Domat”
  • Cebuano: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Chinese: “多姆山”
  • Czech: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Danish: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Dutch: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پوى د دوم”
  • Esperanto: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Finnish: “Puy de Dôme”
  • French: “puy de Dôme”
  • French: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Georgian: “პიუი-დე-დომი”
  • German: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Greek: “Πουί ντε Ντομ”
  • Greek: “Πυί ντε Ντομ”
  • Hebrew: “פוי דה דום”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Dôme”
  • Indonesian: “Puy-de-Dôme”
  • Interlingue: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Italian: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Japanese: “ピュイ・ド・ドーム”
  • Korean: “퓌드돔”
  • Ladin: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Latin: “Podium Dumiatis”
  • Latvian: “Pijdedoms”
  • Lithuanian: “Piui de Domas”
  • Macedonian: “Пиј де Дом”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Norwegian: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Puèi de Doma”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Puèi Domat”
  • Persian: “پوی دو دم”
  • Polish: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Portuguese: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Russian: “Дом”
  • Russian: “Пюи-де-Дом”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Puy-de-Dôme”
  • Slovak: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Spanish: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Swedish: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Swedish: “Puy-de-Dôme”
  • Ukrainian: “Пюї-де-Дом”
  • Venetian: “Puy de Dôme”
  • Western Panjabi: “پائی ڈی ڈوم”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Triolle and La Souchère.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Espace Temple de Mercure and Le-puy-de-dome.

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