Conferences, workshops and public meetings to inform about, encourage participation in, and support for, the project.
September-November 2010
Positive response from the French Committee for World Heritage Sites for the inscription of the site on the French Tentative List.
June 2010
Hearing by the French Committee for World Heritage Sites.
January – March 2010
Writing of the first application for a place on the French Tentative list.
Autumn 2009 – Winter 2010
Votes of support from the Auvergne region and the municipality of Clermont-Ferrand.
2009
Agreements of cooperation signed with the PNRVA, the regional government and the universities of Clermont-Ferrand.
2008
Meetings with scientists and World Heritage experts to discuss the Chaîne des Puys project.
January 2008
The puy de Dôme is attributed the status of a GRAND SITE DE FRANCE ®.
2007
First steps by the President of the Local Council towards inscription of the site on the World Heritage List.
The President of the Local Council of the Puy-de-Dôme launches the process for the World Heritage application, with backing from the Auvergne Volcano Regional Park. First contact with the Environment Minister about the project.
September 2000
Listing of the Chaîne des Puys according to the law of 1930 on natural monuments and sites.
