Clermont-Ferrand

A city of France, capital of the department Puy-de-Dôme. It was captured by the Vandals in 408; besieged without succe by the Visigoths in 473. It was taken by Thierry in 506; sacked by Pepin in 761; captured by the Normans in 853. The great council in which the crusades originated was held here in 1095.