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Clermont-Ferrand
Gothic cathedral of Notre-Dame, Clermont-Ferrand, C France. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Photographic Service. US Library of Congress.)
45°46N 3°04E, pop (2000e) 142 000. Capital of Puy-de-Dôme department, C France; capital of Auvergne, 16th-c; Clermont merged with Montferrand, 1630; railway; bishopric; university (1896); geographical and economic centre of the Massif Central; Michelin tyres, chemicals, textiles, foodstuffs; major source of mineral water; Gothic Cathedral of Notre-Dame (begun 1248), basilica of Notre-Dame-du-Port (11th–12th-c); birthplace of Pascal.
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