Regional Council of Auvergne

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.

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

Conseil régional d'Auvergne
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Type
Type
History
FoundedJuly 5, 1972
DisbandedJanuary 1, 2016
Seats47
Elections
Last election
2010
Meeting place
Hôtel de region, Clermont-Ferrand

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

Headquarters

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

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

Budget

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
  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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