Vulcania
Vulcania, the "European Park of Volcanism", is an educational French amusement park and museum with a volcano theme. Situated in Saint-Ours-les-Roches, Auvergne, 15 km north-west of Clermont-Ferrand, it was officially inaugurated in 2002.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Gilles Clément, FAL.
- Type: Theme park
- Description: French theme park
- Address: 2 Route de Mazayes, Saint-Ours-les-Roches, 63230
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Puy de Lemptégy and Puy de Côme.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Égaules and Malauzat.
Égaules
Hamlet
Égaules is a small hamlet, part of the Volvic commune in Puy-de-Dôme département, in Auvergne, France. It is situated at an altitude of 800 m upon a spur, where the thalweg is incised at 666 m above sea level. Égaules is situated 6 km northeast of Vulcania.
Malauzat
Village
Photo: Sylenius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Malauzat is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Malauzat is situated 9 km northeast of Vulcania.
Vulcania
- Categories: volcanological museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Saint-Ours, Arrondissement of Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.81354° or 45° 48′ 49″ northLongitude
2.94238° or 2° 56′ 33″ eastOpen location code
8FQ4RW7R+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 84889384OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_parkWikidata ID
Q1475214
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Vulcania” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Vulcania”
- Breton: “Vulcania”
- Catalan: “Vulcania”
- Chinese: “法國火山公園”
- Chinese: “維勒坎尼亞”
- Chinese: “維爾卡尼亞”
- Chinese: “维勒坎尼亚”
- Chinese: “维尔卡尼亚”
- Dutch: “Vulcania”
- Esperanto: “Vulcania”
- Finnish: “Vulcania”
- French: “Centre Européen du Volcanisme”
- French: “Giscardoscope”
- French: “Vulcania”
- German: “Vulcania”
- Italian: “Vulcania”
- Japanese: “ヴュルカニア”
- Polish: “Europejski Park Wulkanizmu ‘Vulcania’ w Saint-Ours”
- Polish: “Vulcania w Saint-Ours”
- Polish: “Vulcania”
- Portuguese: “Vulcania”
- Russian: “Вулканиа”
- Spanish: “Vulcania”
- Swedish: “Vulcania”
- Welsh: “Vulcania”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Planétarium and Geyser.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vulcania”. Photo: Camulogene77, CC BY-SA 4.0.