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| | Auvergne France,Introduction to the French Region of Auvergne |
 | | Le Puy-en-Velay, in the département of Haute-Loire, is a place of pilgrimage and a center for tourists who visit the département for its magnificent landscape, in which churches and castles crown volcanic peaks and hills. |
 | | Spas are also important to the economic life of this region: the thermal springs of Vichy, Néris-les-Bains, Bourbon-l'Archambault, Royat, and many other towns draw large numbers of visitors to the region. |
 | | Manufacturing is concentrated in Clermont-Ferrand, in the département of Puy-de-Dôme, which emerged as a major industrial center in the late 19th century, and in the département of Allier, which has benefited from its proximity to Paris. |
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