Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand (French pronunciation: ​[klɛʀmɔ̃ fɛʀɑ̃], Auvergnat Occitan: Clarmont-Ferrand / Clarmont d'Auvèrnha) is a ceety an commune o Fraunce, in the Auvergne region, wi a population o 141,000 (2011). Its metropolitan aurie haed 463 891 indwallers at the 1999 census. It is the prefectur (caipital) o the Puy-de-Dôme depairtment. Serge Godard is the current Mayor o the ceety.

Clermont-Ferrand
The Place o Jaude The Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption of Clermont, The tramway Translohr ; The Statue o Vercingétorix The Opera o Clermont-Ferrand.
Coat airms
Clermont-Ferrand Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Clermont-Ferrand
Coordinates: 45°46′59″N 3°04′57″E
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Depairtment	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Clermont-Ferrand
Intercommunality	Clermont
Govrenment
• Mayor (2008—2014)	Serge Godard
Area 1	42.67 km2 (16.47 sq mi)
• Urban  (2010)	300 km2 (100 sq mi)
• Metro  (2010)	1331 km2 (514 sq mi)
Population  (2011[1])2	140,957
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
• Urban  (Jan. 2010)	463,891
• Urban density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
• Metro  (Jan. 2010)	463,891
• Metro density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	63113 /63000
Elevation	321–602 m (1,053–1,975 ft) (avg. 358 m or 1,175 ft)
Website	http://www.clermont-ferrand.fr/
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

Clermont-Ferrand is twinned wi:^[2]

Aberdeen, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1983[2][3][4] Salford, Unitit Kinrick[2][4][5] Regensburg, Germany, syne 1969[2] Gomel, Belaroushie[2] Oviedo, Spain[2] Marrakech, Morocco[2]

Anshan, Cheenae[2] Braga, Portugal[2] Norman, Unitit States[2][6] Oyem, Gabon[2] Sivas, Turkey[2][7]

References

1. 2011 Census, INSEE
2. "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
3. "Twinning". Aberdeen City Council. Archived frae the original on 23 November 2008. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2008.
4. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 Julie 2013.
5. Salford City Council. "Salford's twin towns". Salford.gov.uk. Archived frae the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 4 Mey 2008.
6. "Sister Cities". City of Norman. Archived frae the original on 17 Apryle 2015. Retrieved 7 Januar 2012.
7. Uzaklar Yakinlaşti - Sivas Twin Towns Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkis)