Geographical Distribution
The effective borders of Auvergnat neither completely coincide with those of the current Region of Auvergne nor the historical region of Auvergne. It can be described as follows:
- The entire département of the Puy-de-Dôme
- a large section of the département of Cantal, largely centered around Saint-Flour and Mauriac. It is to be noted that Aurillac and the Pierrefort Canton speak a dialect called carladézien, a form of languedocien, with Auvergnat conjugations and the rest largely similar to standard languedocien.
- The larger portion of the Haute-Loire aside Yssingeaux which speaks Vivaro-Alpine,
- the southern half of Allier, or the Bourbonnais province, near Montluçon and Vichy, with the northern half toward Moulins traditionally speaking French.
- A large fringe of eastern Limousin, in the département of Corrèze, near Ussel and Bort-les-Orgues. This is a transition zone between Auvergnat and Limousin
- The communities of Noirétable and La Chamba in the western side of the département of Loire.
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