Transcript Welcome to Auvergne

Welcome to Auvergne
Discover one of the most beautiful regions in
France.
Between tradition and authenticity, as well as its
strong economic performance and dynamism,
Auvergne invites you to an initial pictorial visit.
This is a taste of the sort of trip that you can
undertake in the region.
•The Auvergne region has more than 1 300 000 inhabitants
•The Greatest of the Dômes, le Puy de Sancy at 1886
metres
•nearly 40 000 students
•heritage
•regional identity
•authenticity, openness and dynamism.
Without its volcanoes, Auvergne would not be Auvergne.
less than 2000m high (Puy de Sancy at 1,886m)
The Volcano Park is a territory of wide green spaces
Romanesque art heritage
over 250 Romanesque monuments
a few "sanctuaries" that offer the most stunning
examples of Romanesque architecture in the
Auvergne:
Saint-Nectaire, Orcival, Saint-Saturnin, SaintAustremoine in Issoire, Notre-Dame du Port in
Clermont-Ferrand, the Basilica of Saint-Julien in
Brioude ...
All these edifices were built in one single campaign,
between the 11th and 12th centuries.
Annual meeting FIG commission 7
Clermont-Ferrand
September 8 to 15, 2004
• Symposium on LAND CONSOLIDATION
Symposium
• Experiences of land consolidation in
Auvergne Region
• Visit to sites in connection with highway
construction and classical procedure
• Meeting city master and agriculture
ministry responsible, farmers, surveyors
...
Symposium
• Legislative evolution in France
• New juridical tools
• Exchange with different countries
experiences