Limagne

The Limagne (French pronunciation: [limaɲ] ⓘ; Occitan: Limanha) is a large plain in the Auvergne region of France in the valley of the Allier river, on the edge of the Massif Central.

The term is sometimes used to include this, and three other less extensive plains, that lie along the valley of the Allier, in which case the first is known as Grande Limagne to distinguish it from the others.

[2] The Limagne Graben forms part of a system of linked rifts, including the Rhine Graben, known as the European Cenozoic Rift System, that formed in response to compressional deformation of the Alpine foreland.

[3] The Limagne is a very fertile plain and is mainly an area of cereal production, with some tobacco and sugar beet.

Vineyards are found along the borders of the plain on the edge of the Massif Central, particularly at Corent and Châteaugay.