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Auvergne shieldAuvergne

(ō-vĕrn´) (pron: oh-vairn)

Capital: Clermont (pron: clare-mone)
French annexation: 1615

The three-pointed banner on this shield was won by crusader Eustace III, when he conquered Jerusalem in 1099.

Auvergne provincial map