- Clermont-Ferrand's cathedral is unusual in that it's made of black volcanic rock
- Statue of Vercingetorix - a Gaulish king who defeated Julius Caesar's forces near here in 52 BC
- Clermont-Ferrand is dominated by this 4,800' extinct volcanic cone - 'Puy de Dôme'
- Another famous local - the mathematician Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)