Saint-Ours, Puy-de-Dôme

The canton of Saint-Ours is an administrative division of the Puy-de-Dôme department, central France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Ours.It consists of the following communes:

Pulvérières (French pronunciation: [pylveʁjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.

Château-Dauphin is a medieval castle in the commune of Pontgibaud in the Puy-de-Dôme département of France.

Pontgibaud (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ʒibo]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. It is located in the Massif Central region of France on the banks of the river Sioule. The area around the town was historically known for silver and lead mining. The Société des mines et fonderies de Pontgibaud exploited the lead-silver mines between 1852 and 1897. The remnants of Château-Dauphin, a 12th-century castle, are located in Pontgibaud. John Ruskin spent October 7, 1840 exploring Pontgibaud. He reckoned it "Altogether the happiest day, as far as employment or scenery can go, I have had for these long five years".

Chapdes-Beaufort (French pronunciation: [ʃa(p)d bofɔʁ]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Vulcania, the "European Park of Volcanism", is an educational French amusement park and museum with a volcano theme. Situated in Saint-Ours-les-Roches, Auvergne, 15 km north-west of Clermont-Ferrand, it was officially inaugurated in 2002.

Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ lə ʃastɛl]; Auvergnat: Sant Pèire dau Chastèl) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.

Mazaye (French pronunciation: [mazaj]; Occitan: Masaia) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Bromont-Lamothe (French pronunciation: [bʁɔmɔ̃ lamɔt]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It is the birthplace of the French film director Robert Bresson.

Montfermy (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃fɛʁmi]; Occitan: Montferm) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.

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. It is formed by the overlay of two strombolian cones and a tuff ring; it produced three lava flows during its eruptive history.

Puy de Dôme (US: , French: [pɥi də dom] (listen); Auvergnat: Puèi Domat [ˈpœj duˈma(t)] or Puèi de Doma [ˈpœj də ˈdumɔ]) is a 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 was created by a Peléan eruption, some 10,700 years ago. Puy de Dôme is approximately 10 km (6 miles) from Clermont-Ferrand. The Puy-de-Dôme département is named after the volcano.