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Clermont-Ferrand

Travel Guide Europe France Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand

Introduction

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Clermont-Ferrand is a city in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the French region of Auvergne. It has roughly 140,000 inhabitants, though the metropolitan area is about 3 times as big.

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

Clermont-Ferrand is especially nice from May to September with average highs of 20-26 °C and lows in the 8-14 °C range. It is the wettest time of the year though with sometimes heavy downpours, combined with thunder after hotter than average days. Winters are drier but temperatures are just around 7-10 °C during the day and slightly above zero during the night. Snow is possible though not very common.

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Getting There

By Plane

The Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE) offers flights with Air France and Brit Air to Paris Orly Airport, while Régional flies to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Amsterdam, Bastia, Ajaccio, Lyon, Nantes and Nice.

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By Car

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By Boat

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Budget

Mid-Range

Upscale

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Work

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Learn

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

La Poste in France is also referred to as the PTT (short for postes, télégraphes et téléphones). The mailboxes are painted bright yellow and often there is a slot for local city mail and another slot for "outside mail". Normally there is a queue in the post office, but most of the post offices have the self service machine installed which is quite easy to operate. Nowadays many of the tabac and even some of the souvenir shops also sell postage stamps. Normally an overseas postcard costs almost as much as sending a letter.
Post offices are generally open from 8:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Friday, and 8:00am to noon on Saturdays. Apart from the basic job of mailing letters, most of the post offices do some banking activities also and some even have photocopy machines and cyber cafes for internet access.

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