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| Clermont-Ferrand | ||
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
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| Residents | 146.734 (2018) | |
| height | 358 m | |
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Clermont-Ferrand is a city in the middle of France and capital of the region Auvergne.
background
getting there
By plane
On the eastern edge of the city is the Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport
(IATA: CFE) Mainly domestic flights from Paris land here, there are only a few international direct connections, none of them from German-speaking countries. Air France offers transfer connections, for example from Frankfurt or Düsseldorf in around 3½ hours (on favorable days there and back from DUS for around € 200, from FRA € 250).
The nearest major airport is Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport
(IATA: LYS), where you can fly directly from D / A / CH. From there it is a good two hours by car to Clermont-Ferrand and a good three hours by train.
By train
Intercité trains run eight times a day from Paris-Bercy to the 1 Clermont-Ferrand train station, they take 3½ hours. The normal price is 63 €. However, if you commit to a certain train in good time, you often get savings of around € 30.
From Lyon, the journey with the regional express (TER; five times a day) takes around two and a half hours.
Coming from Germany you usually have to change trains in Paris (with a change of train station, e.g. from Cologne to Clermont-Ferrand from 7.45 hours), from Switzerland you can also travel via Dijon and Nevers (e.g. . Basel – Clermont-Ferrand in six hours).
By bus
Ouibus, the long-distance bus subsidiary of SNCF, offers buses three times a day from Paris (Bercy, La Défense or Orly) to Clermont-Ferrand. These take a good six to eight hours, the single trip costs € 15 (savings price € 9).
In the street
From the north the A 71 motorway leads from Paris and Orléans to Clermont-Ferrand, from the south the A 75 from Montpellier. In a west-east direction, the A 89 leads past Clermont-Ferrand, which leads here from Bordeaux or Lyon.
Coming from German-speaking countries, in order to avoid the risk of congestion in the greater Lyon area, it is worth considering leaving the A 6 at Chalon-sur-Saône and taking the motorway-like N 80, N 70 and N 79 (signposted: Montceau-les-Mines ) and the northern Auvergne.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Place de Jaude
Central square and meeting point.
- 2 Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral.Also called the black cathedral because it was built from dark, porous lava rock.
- 3 Notre-Dame-du-Port basilica.
- 4 Fontaine d’Amboise.Renaissance fountain made of lava stone, built in 1515, with graceful figures that serve as gargoyles.
- Musée du Tapis d'Art
- Musée du Ranquet
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- Plateau de Gergovie. A plateau in the south of Clermont-Ferrand with a monument to Vercingetorix, who won the Battle of Gergovia here.
activities
- 1 Vulcania European Park for Volcanism in Saint-Ours
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kitchen
Cheap
- 1 Les Augustes (Café lecture), 5 rue sous les Augustins, 63 000 Clermont-Ferrand. Tel.: 33 (0)4 73 37 07 94. Non-commercial cultural café and meeting point, also with events. Next tram stops "Gaillard" or "Hôtel de Ville". Barrier-free access. Free WiFi. Books, magazines, board games and a piano are available.Open: Mon-Wed 2-11 p.m., Thu-Sat 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
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Practical advice
trips
- Puy de Dôme volcano. At 1465 m, the highest peak in the Massif Central, 15 km away.
