Clermont and the Limagne — Auvergne
Clermont-Ferrand, Riom, Issoire, Thiers, Cournon-d'Auvergne. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.
Whose archive this ground was
| Years | Who held it | Whose archive that means |
|---|---|---|
| 848–1225 | County of Auvergne within the Duchy of Aquitaine | no registers survive Before registers. Clermont was renamed Clairmont in 848, Pope Urban II called the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont in 1095, and in 1120 the Counts of Auvergne founded the rival city of Montferrand. |
| 1225–1271 | Appanage of Alphonse of Poitiers | no registers survive Louis VIII granted Poitou and Auvergne to his third son Alfonso in 1225; they reverted to the royal domain on his death in 1271. |
| 1271–1630 | Royal domain | Archives départementales du Puy-de-Dôme Clermont became a royal town in 1551 and was declared an inseparable property of the Crown in 1610. |
| 1630–1790 | Clermont and Montferrand united | Archives départementales du Puy-de-Dôme · FamilySearch · Geneanet The Edict of Troyes joined Clermont and Montferrand in 1630 and Louis XV confirmed the union in 1731, so records before 1630 are kept separately for the two towns. |
| 1790–2026 | France: Puy-de-Dôme | Archives départementales du Puy-de-Dôme · FamilySearch · Geneanet In 1790 the province was divided into the départements of Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal, Haute-Loire and Allier; Haute-Loire and Allier include land from Velay, Bourbonnais and Lyonnais. |
The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.
See the whole span, 848–2026, on the map →
The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.