Auvergne

The most central region of France, Auvergne offers a surprising diversity of landscapes: cow mountains devoid of trees with only walking path and cattle in them, dense pine forests, stone mountains, ancient volcanoes. In the 19th century, the hard working auvergnats had to leave their region by the thousands to work in cities of France as stone carvers, coal resellers, cooks or restaurant owners. As a result, apart from some cities, the region is not densely populated.