a city in France in the valley of the Allier River, a tributary of the Loire. Administrative center of the Puy-de-Dôme department; population, 154,000 (1968).
Clermont-Ferrand is a transportation junction and the country’s chief center for the manufacturing of rubber goods (such as automobile tires, footwear, and industrial rubber); more than 20,000 people are employed there in the rubber industry. There are metalworking, machine-building, textile, printing, paper, chemical, and food industries in Clermont-Ferrand. The city has a university, founded in 1810, and an archaeological museum. It was the home of B. Pascal. Nearby is the resort of Royat.