Regional Council of Auvergne

Regional legislature of Auvergne, France

Not to be confused with Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Regional Council of Auvergne

Conseil régional d'Auvergne

Type
Type|

Unicameral

History
Founded| July 5, 1972
Disbanded| January 1, 2016
Seats| 47
Elections

Last election

| 2010
Meeting place
Hôtel de region, Clermont-Ferrand

The Regional Council of Auvergne (French: Conseil régional d'Auvergne, Occitan: Conselh regional d'Auvèrnhe) was the deliberative assembly of the former French region of Auvergne. The assembly sat in Clermont-Ferrand.

The regional council was made up of 47 regional councilors elected from its departments, distributed as:

* 11 from Allier;
* 5 from Cantal;
* 8 from Haute-Loire;
* 23 from Puy-de-Dôme

## Headquarters

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The headquarters of the Regional Council was first located in Chamalières in the Carrefour Europe district, at 13-15 Avenue de Fontmaure.

The Regional Council moved between March and April 2014 to 59, boulevard Léon-Jouhaux in Montferrand.[1] The various services were grouped together in a single low-consumption building built near the Roger-Quilliot art museum.[2][3]

The merger with the Rhône-Alpes region and the attachment of services and functions to the metropolis of Lyon led to the desertion of the building, the "usefulness" of which was questioned just a few days after its inauguration,[4] the overall cost of which had cost the Auvergne region more than 80 million euros.[5] After long controversies over the possibility of selling it or keeping it to host parliamentary sessions, the building was finally sublet to startups specializing in digital activities, to services in the metropolis of Clermont-Ferrand including the GIP Quartier numérique[6] with budgetary management regularly pinpointed by the Court of Auditors.

Its inauguration took place on June 21, 2014.[7]

## Presidents of the Regional Council

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The Auvergne regional council has had six presidents:

List of successive presidents[8][9][10] Period  | President  | Party  | Other mandates

|
|
|

January 11, 1974  | January 31, 1977  | Jean Morellon  |  | FNRI then UDF | Member of Parliament for Puy-de-Dôme (1969-1981)
January 31, 1977  | October 17, 1977  | Augustin Chauvet  |  | RPR |

* Member of Parliament for Cantal (1956-1980)
* Mayor of Mauriac (1965-1983)

October 17, 1977  | March 21, 1986  | Maurice Pourchon  |  | PS |

* Former Clermont-Ferrand municipal councilor
* Former general councilor
* Regional councilor (1974-1977)

March 21, 1986  | April 2, 2004  | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |  | UDF |

* Former President of the Republic (1974-1981)
* Member of Parliament for Puy-de-Dôme (1984-1989; 1993-2002)
* General Councilor for the canton of Chamalières (1982-1988)

April 2, 2004  |

* January 18, 2006
* (death)

| Pierre-Joël Bonté  |  | PS |

* Former mayor of Riom
* Former chairman of the general council of Puy-de-Dôme

February 13, 2006  | December 31, 2015  | René Souchon |  | PS |

* Former minister
* Former mayor of Aurillac

## Budget

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In 2014, the budget for the Auvergne region was 675 million euros, including 139 million for transport, 100 for education and high schools, 115 for vocational training and apprenticeship, and 51 for economic action.[11]

In 2015, the budget amounted to 671 million euros, including 138 million for transport, 97 for education and high schools, 115 for vocational training and apprenticeship, and 55 for economic action.[12]

## References

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1. ^ "Les services et les élus de la Région Auvergne déménagent !". Auvergne | La Région Juste et Grande (in French). Archived from the original on 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
2. ^ "Visite en photos du nouvel Hôtel de Région à Clermont-Ferrand". Cyberbougnat.net (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-28.
3. ^ "Le nouvel hôtel de Région sera prêt au printemps". France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-28.
4. ^ "Fusion de l'Auvergne et Rhône-Alpes > René Souchon précise l'avenir du nouvel Hôtel de Région". Cyberbougnat.net (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-28.
5. ^ "Hôtel de Région : René Souchon s'agace". france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-30.
6. ^ "La chambre régionale des comptes épingle les (trop) nombreux collaborateurs de cabinet de Laurent Wauquiez". Place Gre'net (in French). 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
7. ^ "Inauguration de l'Hôtel de Région". Auvergne | La Région Juste et Grande (in French). Archived from the original on 2015-06-01. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
8. ^ Gondeau, Jean-Paul (2 October 2015). "Le Conseil régional d'Auvergne va vivre sa dernière séance". La Montagne (in French).
9. ^ France, Centre (2015-10-20). "De Morellon à Souchon, les présidents successifs de la région Auvergne". www.lamontagne.fr. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
10. ^ "Élections régionales Auvergne". www.france-politique.fr. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
11. ^ "2014, un budget d'actions pour bâtir le Nouveau Monde". Auvergne | La Région Juste et Grande (in French). Archived from the original on 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
12. ^ "Le Budget 2015 de la Région Auvergne adopté en Assemblée". France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-30.

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