Aurec-sur-Loire travel guide
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Visit Aurec-sur-Loire: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Aurec-sur-Loire is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 45 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Aurec-sur-Loire is 412 km from Paris and 644 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 15 km from Aurec-sur-Loire
Popular places to visit near Aurec-sur-Loire: these include Saint-Etienne at 15 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 17 km.
Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 16km and Jardin de l’écomusée is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Aurec-sur-Loire: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Aurec-sur-Loire, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Aurec-sur-Loire
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Aurec-sur-Loire.
Note that all distances from Aurec-sur-Loire shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Aurec-sur-Loire holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Aurec-sur-Loire (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Haute-Loire gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Aurec-sur-Loire and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (21km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (39km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (39km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (25km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (16km) : Le Puy en Velay (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (34km) : Ambert (42km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Aurec-sur-Loire & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Aurec-sur-Loire
Canton: Aurec-sur-Loire
Arrondissement: Yssingeaux
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43110
Distance to Aurec-sur-Loire
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 45 km
from Paris: 412 km
from Calais: 644 km
from Nice: 305 km
from Bordeaux: 381 km
from Strasbourg: 446 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Aurec-sur-Loire): Caloire, Firminy, Fraisses, La Chapelle-d'Aurec, Malvalette, Pont-Salomon, Saint-Ferreol-d'Auroure, Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois, Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon and Unieux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Aurec-sur-Loire from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Aurec-sur-Loire