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Puy-de-Dôme

Puy-de-Dôme is a French département, number 63. Along with several other départements, it was created in 1790 out of the old province of Auvergne.

Préfecture (capital): Clermont-Ferrand.

Sous-préfectures: Ambert[?], Issoire[?], Riom[?] and Thiers[?].

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