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Le Puy| Town and administrative capital of the Haute-Loire département in the Auvergne region of southeast France, southeast of Clermont-Ferrand; population (1999 est) 20,500. It is situated in a volcanic basin, and has a 12th-century cathedral containing the original manuscript of the Theodolph Bible. Industries include communication and information technology, electronics, mechanics, packaging, plastics and rubber production, and textiles. |
| Le Puy has a tradition of lacemaking, and a workshop for the preservation and production of fine lace. The town is the starting point for an ancient Christian pilgrimage to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. |
| The town is dominated by two hills of volcanic origin: the Rocher Corneille, 133 m/436 ft high, topped by a 16 m/53 ft-high gilded statue of Notre-Dame-de-France made from canons captured during the Crimean War; and the second, 85 m/279 ft high, topped by the church of St-Michel d'Aiguilhe (962). |
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