Plateau de Gergovie

Plateau de Gergovie is a hill in La Roche-Blanche, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 732 metres. Plateau de Gergovie is situated nearby to the locality Gergovie plateau, as well as near the village La Roche-Blanche.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Archeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia and Oppidum de Gergovie.

Archeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia

Museum

Photo: Musée de Gergovie, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Oppidum de Gergovie

Archaeological site

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Oppidum de Gergovie is an archaeological site.

The Gergovie Monument or Memorial to Vercingetorix is a monument by the Clermontois architect Jean Teillard built in 1900 on the eastern edge of the Gergovie plateau, a few kilometers south of Clermont-Ferrand in the French departement of Puy-de-Dôme in Auvergne.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gergovie plateau and Gergovie.

Gergovie plateau

Locality

The Gergovie plateau is a plateau of the Massif Central located 10 km to the south of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France and is named after the nearby village of Gergovie.

Gergovie

Hamlet

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Gergovie is a French village in the commune of La Roche-Blanche in the Puy-de-Dôme département, a few kilometres south of Clermont-Ferrand. It is situated at the foot of the Gergovie plateau, the official but disputed site of the Battle of Gergovia, where…

Aubière

Town

Photo: Peyot, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Aubière is a commune located in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeast France. As of 2017 its population was 10,061. Aubière is situated 3½ km north of Plateau de Gergovie.

Plateau de Gergovie

Type: Hill with an elevation of 732 metres
Category: landform
Location: La Roche-Blanche, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude

45.71944° or 45° 43′ 10″ north

Longitude

3.12262° or 3° 7′ 21″ east

Elevation

732 metres (2,402 feet)

Open location code

8FQ5P49F+Q2

GeoNames ID

10942748

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