Puy-de-Dôme

 mountain, hill, volcano, geography

Puy-de-Dôme (Occitan: Puèi Domat, Puèi de Doma) is a large lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central in south-central France. Curiously, this chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes, and maars is located far from the edge of any tectonic plate. Puy-de-Dôme is located approximately 10 km away from Clermont-Ferrand. The Puy-de-Dôme département is named after the volcano.

painting by Pierre Etienne Théodore Rousseau
View of the Puy de Dome and Royat
geocoded Art
In 1875, a physics laboratory was built at the summit. Since 1956, a TDF (Télédiffusion de France) antenna is also located there.

On the top of the mountain, there is a transmitter for FM and TV.