Mont-Dore
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Mont-Dore (; Mont Dòr in Auvergnat, and Mont-Dore-les-Bains), in common usage Le Mont-Dore, is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
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Mont-Dore is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department of France, situated within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is located in the Parc Naturel Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne and shares borders with Perpezat, La Bourboule, Chambon-sur-Lac, and Chastreix. The area is near the Dordogne body of water.
The commune has an official name of Mont-Dore, Les Bains-du-Montdor, and covers an area of 35.87 square kilometers. Its elevation is 1883 meters above sea level. The population is 1347, consisting of 579 males and 699 females. Mont-Dore is associated with the cantons of Le Sancy and Rochefort-Montagne.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mont-Dore
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,787
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Mont-Dore
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Le mont dore vu du puy gros.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Mont-Dore with the Puy de Sancy in the background
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Mont-Dore (Puy-de-Dôme).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Issoire
- French commune.canton
- Le Sancy
- French commune.INSEE
- 63236
- French commune.postal code
- 63240
- French commune.mayor
- Sébastien Dubourg
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Massif du Sancy
- French commune.elevation m
- 1050
- French commune.elevation min m
- 897
- French commune.elevation max m
- 1883
- French commune.area km2
- 35.87
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Get around
While the town itself is quite small in population, still 60% of the town is still covered in the bush so taking your car is the best option. Especially going from Mont-Dore to Mont-Dore de Sud (South Mont-Dore).
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Thermal springs
- Ski resort
- Tour de France
- Sights
- Gallery
- See also
- References
Mont-Dore (; Mont Dòr in Auvergnat, and Mont-Dore-les-Bains), in common usage Le Mont-Dore, is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.
==Geography== Mont-Dore is located in the Massif Central, on the right bank of the Dordogne not far from its source, and by road southwest of Clermont-Ferrand. The Monts Dore close the valley towards the south.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mont-Dore” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (3)
On the map
2 mapped locations