Portrait of the Auvergne

Key figures of the Auvergne

Surface area: 26,012 km2 (4.8% of the national territory)

Four départements: Allier, Cantal, Haute-Loire, Puy-de-Dôme

Population: 1,400,000 inhabitants

A regional urban area of 290,000 inhabitants: Clermont-Ferrand

Density (inhabitants/km2): 51

Birth rate: 10.6%

Labour force participation rate: 55.9%

Unemployment rate: 8.1%

GDP per inhabitant: €23,699

Clermont-Ferrand, a dynamic regional metropolis

Clermont-Ferrand is a booming metropolis with an ambitious amenities policy in operation: water leisure centre, sheltered athletics stadium, communal and inter-university library (second largest public reading amenities in France), new hospital of 65,000 m2, pedestrian planning of the town centre, tramway. 

It is a modern, open-plan urban area, ranked highly by the media: optimum purchasing power, safety of property and people, family-oriented, hospital excellence. It is also a "young" town thanks to its student population: one third of its inhabitants are under 20.

Clermont-Fd was awarded 1st french city for quality of life (Study of L'Express Magazine, category "big cities")