The Regional Council of Auvergne (, ) was the

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of the former French region of

Auvergne Auvergne (; ; oc, label=Occitan, Auvèrnhe or ) is a former administrative region in central France, comprising the four departments of Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and Haute-Loire. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Auverg ...

. The assembly sat in

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat (dialect), Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population ...

. The regional council was made up of 47 regional councilors elected from its departments, distributed as: * 11 from

Allier Allier ( , , ; oc, Alèir) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region that borders Cher to the west, Nièvre to the north, Saône-et-Loire and Loire to the east, Puy-de-Dôme to the south, and Creuse to the south-west. Named afte ...

; * 5 from

Cantal Cantal (; oc, Cantal or ) is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of France, with its Prefectures in France, prefecture in Aurillac. Its other principal towns are Saint-Flour, Cantal, Saint ...

; * 8 from

Haute-Loire Haute-Loire (; oc, Naut Léger or ''Naut Leir''; English: Upper Loire) is a landlocked department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. Named after the Loire River, it is surrounded by the departments of Loire, Ardèche ...

; * 23 from

Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme (; oc, label=Auvergnat, lo Puèi de Doma or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2019, it had a population of 662,152.Chamalières Chamalières (; Auvergnat: ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, central France. With 17,276 inhabitants (2019), Chamalières is the fourth-largest town in the department. It lies adjacent to the west of Clermont ...

in the Carrefour Europe district, at 13-15 Avenue de Fontmaure. The Regional Council moved between March and April 2014 to 59, boulevard Léon-Jouhaux in Montferrand. The various services were grouped together in a single low-consumption building built near the Roger-Quilliot art museum. The merger with the Rhône-Alpes region and the attachment of services and functions to the metropolis of

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

led to the desertion of the building, the "usefulness" of which was questioned just a few days after its inauguration, the overall cost of which had cost the Auvergne region more than 80 million euros. After long controversies over the possibility of selling it or keeping it to host parliamentary sessions, the building was finally

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to startups specializing in digital activities, to services in the metropolis of Clermont-Ferrand including the ''GIP Quartier numérique'' with budgetary management regularly pinpointed by the Court of Auditors. Its inauguration took place on June 21, 2014.

Presidents of the Regional Council

The Auvergne regional council has had six presidents:

Budget

In 2014, the budget for the Auvergne region was 675 million euros, including 139 million for transport, 100 for education and high schools, 115 for vocational training and apprenticeship, and 51 for economic action. In 2015, the budget amounted to 671 million euros, including 138 million for transport, 97 for education and high schools, 115 for vocational training and apprenticeship, and 55 for economic action.

References

{{Regional Councils (France), former, state=Auvergne Politics of Auvergne