26,000 km2
4.8% of French national territory

- 90% have fewer than 2,000 inhabitants
- 1% have more than 10,000 inhabitants

1,309,000 inhabitants
2.2% of the French population
density : 50 inhabitants/km2 (104 inhabitants/km2 in France)

- Service industries: 63%
- Industry: 25%
- Agriculture : 10%
- Miscellaneous : 2%

Ranks 19th among French regions

Ranks 17th nationally

nearly 40,000 students
2 universities
5 engineering schools
1 business school

Over 180,000 tourist beds (hotels, campsites, B&Bs, gîtes, holiday villages, etc.), nearly 30 million bed nights a year.

    >>  S.P.O.T. Auvergne : Permanent System
     for the Observation of Tourism in Auvergne.

Several leading companies on both an international and European scale (Michelin, Limagrain, Delbard, Volvic, etc.)