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[3] [4] After the palais was demolished, work began on the prison wing in 1823, on the courthouse wing in 1826, [5] and on the town hall wing in 1829. [6] The complex was designed by Louis-Charles-François Ledru in the neoclassical style, built in black volcanic rock and was completed in 1844. [7]
A French passport (French: passeport français) is an identity document issued to French citizens.Besides enabling the bearer to travel internationally and serving as indication of French nationality (but not proof; the possession of a French passport only establishes the presumption of French nationality according to French law [7]), the passport facilitates the process of securing assistance ...
Puy-de-Dôme (French: [pɥi də dom] ⓘ; Auvergnat: lo Puèi de Doma or lo Puèi Domat) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2021, it had a population of 662,285. [3] Its prefecture is Clermont-Ferrand and subprefectures are Ambert, Issoire, Riom, and Thiers.
With a quarter of the municipal population being students, and some 6,000 researchers, Clermont-Ferrand is the first city in France to join the UNESCO Learning City Network. Along with its highly distinctive black lava stone Gothic styled Cathedral , Clermont-Ferrand's other famous sites include the public square Place de Jaude , in which ...
It is located in the Puy-de-Dôme department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, central France. It was created in January 2018, [1] replacing the communauté urbaine that had replaced the previous communauté d'agglomération Clermont-Communauté in January 2017. [2] Its area is 300.6 km 2. Its population was 294,127 in 2018, of which ...
The town was several times taken and retaken in the religious wars of the 16th century. [3] The city was formerly known as Clermont-Lodève. The manufacture of sheets was established at nearby Villeneuvette, or rather relaunched in 1667 by Colbert to develop the cloth industry in France, taking advantage of the waters of the Dourbie.
The hôtel-de-ville, built by King Charles IV, who was born in Clermont in 1294, is the oldest in the north of France. [4] The town was probably founded during the time of the Norman invasions, and was an important military post, during the middle ages. The counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis first appeared in the
This building, where Aubert Frére had been arrested by the Germans, is now used as the headquarters of France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. By 1946, the station had expanded in broadcasting significantly following the establishment of a powerful medium wave signal from Ennezat , replacing the original transmitter at Gravenoire .