| Regional Council of Auvergne | |
| Background Color: | yellow |
| Native Name: | Conseil régional d'Auvergne |
| Native Name Lang: | French |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Logo Pic: | Flag of Auvergne.svg |
| Foundation: | July 5, 1972 |
| Disbanded: | January 1, 2016 |
| Members: | 47 |
| Last Election1: | 2010 |
| Meeting Place: | Hôtel de region, Clermont-Ferrand |
The Regional Council of Auvergne 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:
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]
The Auvergne regional council has had six presidents:
| 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 | |||
| October 17, 1977 | March 21, 1986 | Maurice Pourchon | PS | |||
| March 21, 1986 | April 2, 2004 | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | UDF | |||
| April 2, 2004 | Pierre-Joël Bonté | PS | ||||
| February 13, 2006 | December 31, 2015 | René Souchon | PS |
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.[8]
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.[9]