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77 relations: A75 autoroute, Allier, Alps, Ardèche, Aubrac, Aude, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Aveyron, Burgundy, Cantal, Causse de Blandas, Causse Méjean, Causses, Cévennes, Chaîne des Puys, Chalk, Clermont-Ferrand, Corrèze, Creuse, Departments of France, Forez, French language, Gard, Geography of France, Gorges du Tarn, Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park, Haute-Loire, Haute-Vienne, Hérault, Highland, Languedoc, Languedoc-Roussillon, Larzac, Limoges, Limousin, Loire (department), Lot (department), Lozère, Margeride, Massif, Midi-Pyrénées, Mont Aigoual, Mont Gerbier de Jonc, Mont Lozère, Mont Mézenc, Mont Pilat, Montagne Noire, Monts Dore, Monts du Lyonnais, ..., Mountain, Mounts of Cantal, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie (administrative region), Paleogene, Pic de Nore, Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station, Plateau, Plateau de Millevaches, Plomb du Cantal, Puy de Dôme, Puy de Lassolas, Puy de Sancy, Puy Mary, Puy Pariou, Puy-de-Dôme, Pyrenees, Regions of France, Rhône, Rhône (department), Rhône-Alpes, Saint-Étienne, Southern France, Tarn (department), Variscan orogeny, Vivarais, Volcano. Expand index (27 more) »
A75 autoroute
The A75 is an autoroute (motorway) in France.
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Allier
Allier; is a French department located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France named after the river Allier.
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Alps
The Alps (Alpes; Alpen; Alpi; Alps; Alpe) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe,The Caucasus Mountains are higher, and the Urals longer, but both lie partly in Asia.
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Ardèche
Ardèche (Occitan and Arpitan: Ardecha) is a département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France.
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Aubrac
Aubrac is a small village in the southern Massif Central of France.
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Aude
Aude is a department in south-central France named after the river Aude.
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Auvergne
Auvergne (Auvergnat (occitan): Auvèrnhe / Auvèrnha) is a former administrative region of France.
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region of France created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes.
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Aveyron
Aveyron (Avairon) is a department located in the north of the Occitanie region of southern France named after the Aveyron River.
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Burgundy
Burgundy (Bourgogne) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France.
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Cantal
Cantal is a department (administrative province) in south-central France, with its capital at Aurillac.
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Causse de Blandas
Causse de Blandas is a limestone karst plateau in the south of the Massif Central in the Gard department, in southern France.
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Causse Méjean
Causse Méjean is a limestone plateau in the Lozère department, in southern France.
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Causses
The Causses are a group of limestone plateaus (700–1,200 m) in the Massif Central.
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Cévennes
The Cévennes (Cevenas) are a range of mountains in south-central France, covering parts of the départements of Ardèche, Gard, Hérault and Lozère.
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Chaîne des Puys
The Chaîne des Puys is a north-south oriented chain of cinder cones, lava domes, and maars in the Massif Central of France.
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Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite.
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Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergnat Clharmou, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 141,569 (2012).
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Corrèze
Corrèze (Corresa) is a department in south-western France, named after the river Corrèze which runs though it.
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Creuse
Creuse is a department in central France named after the river Creuse.
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Departments of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.
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Forez
Forez is a former province of France, corresponding approximately to the central part of the modern Loire département and a part of the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements.
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French language
French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Gard
Gard (Gard) is a department in southern France in the Occitanie region.
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Geography of France
* Metropolitan France: 551,695 km.
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Gorges du Tarn
The Gorges du Tarn is a canyon formed by the Tarn between the Causse Méjean and the Causse de Sauveterre, in southern France.
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Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park
A mouflon in the park. Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park (Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc) is a regional natural park in the south of the Massif Central within the Aveyron, Hérault, and Tarn departments of France.
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Haute-Loire
Haute-Loire (Naut Léger) is a department in south-central France named after the Loire River.
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Haute-Vienne
Haute-Vienne is a French department named after the river Vienne.
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Hérault
Hérault (Erau) is a department in southern France named after the Hérault.
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Highland
Highlands or uplands are any mountainous region or elevated mountainous plateau.
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Languedoc
Languedoc (Lengadòc) is a former province of France.
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Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon (Lengadòc-Rosselhon; Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is a former administrative region of France.
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Larzac
The Causse du Larzac is a limestone karst plateau in the south of the Massif Central, France, situated between Millau (Aveyron) and Lodève (Hérault).
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Limoges
Limoges (Occitan: Lemòtges or Limòtges) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region in west-central France.
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Limousin
Limousin (Lemosin) is a former administrative region of France.
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Loire (department)
Loire (Lêre; Léger) is a department in the east-central part of France occupying the River Loire's upper reaches.
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Lot (department)
Lot (Òlt) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot River.
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Lozère
Lozère (Losera) is a department in the region of Occitanie in southern France near the Massif Central.
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Margeride
Margeride (In Auvergnat Marjarida) is a mountainous region of France, situated in the Massif Central, inside the départements of Cantal, Haute-Loire and Lozère.
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Massif
In geology, a massif is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures.
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Midi-Pyrénées
Midi-Pyrénées (Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus or Mieidia-Pirenèus; Mediodía-Pirineos) is a former administrative region of France.
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Mont Aigoual
Mont Aigoual (Mont Augal, elevation 1567m / 5141 ft) is the highest point of the Gard département, France.
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Mont Gerbier de Jonc
Mont Gerbier de Jonc is a mountain of volcanic origin located in the Massif Central in France.
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Mont Lozère
Mont Lozère (Mont Losera) is the highest peak in the Cévennes, a subrange of the Massif Central in France.
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Mont Mézenc
The Mont Mézenc is a summit of the Massif Central, France.
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Mont Pilat
Mont Pilat or the Pilat massif is a mountainous area in the east of the Massif Central of France.
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Montagne Noire
The Montagne Noire (Montanha Negra, also known as the Black Mountains in English) is a mountain range in central southern France.
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Monts Dore
The Monts Dore are the remnant peaks of a volcanic massif situated near the center of the Massif Central, in the Auvergne region of France.
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Monts du Lyonnais
The Monts du Lyonnais are a range of low-altitude mountains and eastern foothills of the Massif Central located in the Loire and Rhône departments in France.
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Mountain
A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.
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Mounts of Cantal
The Mounts of Cantal (or Volcanoes of Cantal; Monts du Cantal) are a mountainous massif in the mid-west of the Massif Central, France, made up of the remnants of the largest stratovolcano of Europe, which was formed from 13 million years ago and last erupted approximately 2 million years ago.
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine ("New Aquitaine"; Nòva Aquitània; Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Novéle-Aguiéne) is the largest administrative region in France, located in the southwest of the country.
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Occitanie (administrative region)
Occitanie (Occitània,, Occitània) is an administrative region of France that was created on 1 January 2016 from former French regions Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées.
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Paleogene
The Paleogene (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Mya.
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Pic de Nore
The pic de Nore (Nòra) at 1211 metres is the highest point in the Montagne Noire, on the border of the Aude and Tarn departments, near to the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc in southern France.
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Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station
The Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station is a site used for French military communications.
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Plateau
In geology and physical geography a plateau (or; plural plateaus or plateaux),is also called a high plain or a tableland, it is an area of a highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain that is raised significantly above the surrounding area, often with one or more sides with steep slopes.
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Plateau de Millevaches
Plateau de Millevaches The Plateau de Millevaches (in Occitan Replanat de Miuvachas) is an upland area in Limousin a former administrative region of France.
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Plomb du Cantal
The Plomb du Cantal is the highest summit of Mounts of Cantal in the Massif central, France.
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Puy de Dôme
Puy de Dôme ((Auvergnat 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 central France. This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes, and maars is far from the edge of any tectonic plate. Puy de Dôme is approximately from Clermont-Ferrand. The Puy-de-Dôme département (with hyphens) is named after the volcano.
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Puy de Lassolas
The Puy de Lassolas (L'Assolelhat, the sunburnt) is a volcano in the Chaîne des Puys in France, peaking at 1187 metres.
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Puy de Sancy
Puy de Sancy (Auvergnat: puèi de la Crotz, "Mount of the Cross") is the highest mountain in the Massif Central.
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Puy Mary
The Puy Mary is a summit in the mounts of Cantal in Massif Central in France.
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Puy Pariou
The Puy de Pariou, also known as Puy Pariou or Le Pariou, is a volcano located in the Chaîne des Puys, in the Massif Central region.
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Puy-de-Dôme
Puy-de-Dôme ((Auvergnat: lo Puèi de Doma or lo Puèi Domat) is a department in the centre of France named after the famous dormant volcano, the Puy de Dôme. Inhabitants were called Puydedomois until December 2005. With effect from Spring 2006, in response to a letter writing campaign, the name used for the inhabitants was changed by the Puy-de-Dôme General Council to Puydômois, and this is the name that has since then been used in all official documents and publications.
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Pyrenees
The Pyrenees (Pirineos, Pyrénées, Pirineus, Pirineus, Pirenèus, Pirinioak) is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between Spain and France.
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Regions of France
France is divided into 18 administrative regions (région), including 13 metropolitan regions and 5 overseas regions.
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Rhône
The Rhône (Le Rhône; Rhone; Walliser German: Rotten; Rodano; Rôno; Ròse) is one of the major rivers of Europe and has twice the average discharge of the Loire (which is the longest French river), rising in the Rhône Glacier in the Swiss Alps at the far eastern end of the Swiss canton of Valais, passing through Lake Geneva and running through southeastern France.
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Rhône (department)
Rhône (Rôno) is a French department located in the central Eastern region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
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Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes (Arpitan: Rôno-Arpes; Ròse-Aups; Rodano-Alpi) is a former administrative region of France.
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Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (Sant-Etiève; Saint Stephen) is a city in eastern central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, on the trunk road that connects Toulouse with Lyon.
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Southern France
Southern France or the South of France, colloquially known as le Midi, is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin, Spain, the Mediterranean, and Italy.
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Tarn (department)
Tarn is a French department located in the Occitanie region in the southwest of France named after the Tarn river.
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Variscan orogeny
The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny is a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.
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Vivarais
Vivarais (Vivarés, Vivariensis provincia) is a traditional region in the south-east of France, covering the département of Ardèche, named after its capital Viviers on the river Rhône.
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Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massif_Central
