Brenat travel guide
Visit Brenat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brenat is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 31 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Brenat is 374 km from Paris and 610 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Brenat: these include Usson at 4 km and Issoire at 5 km. Usson is a listed most beautiful village at 4 km and Jardins du château d'Hauterive is a listed remarkable garden at 5 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Brenat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brenat
See France This Way travel guides for Puy-de-Dome and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brenat.
Note that all distances from Brenat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brenat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Puy-de-Dome gites and villas
Markets near Brenat
- Issoire: market every Saturday (5km)
- Vic-le-Comte: market every Thursday (11km)
- Champeix: market every Friday (15km)
- Brassac-les-Mines: market every Sunday (16km)
- Sainte-Florine: market every Sunday (16km)
- Billom: market every Monday (20km)
- Cournon-d'Auvergne: market every Thursday & Saturday & Friday (23km)
- Saint-Nectaire: market every Sunday - seasonal market only - (25km)
- Lempdes: market every Tuesday (26km)
- Champagnac-le-Vieux: market every Friday (26km)
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 Brenat and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Brenat map below.
Grand Site Of France Puy de Dome (36km)
Heritage Site Clermont-Ferrand église Notre-Dame-du-Port (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (31km)
Most Beautiful Village Usson (4km); Montpeyroux (11km); Saint-Saturnin (21km); Blesle (28km); Lavaudieu (34km)
National Monument Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (13km); Aulteribe Chateau (29km)
Recommended Detour Issoire (5km); Ambert (34km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (24km); Volcans d'Auvergne (43km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (5km); Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (12km); Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (21km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (27km); Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (28km); Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (29km); Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (31km); Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (31km); Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (32km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (40km); Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (40km); Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (42km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château d'Hauterive (5km); Jardins du château de la Batisse (23km); Jardins du château d'Opme (26km); Parc du château de Blanzat (36km); Jardins de Cordès (39km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Clermont-Ferrand (31km); Thiers (39km); Riom (41km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Lac Pavin (33km); Lac du Guery (39km); Puy de Sancy (39km)
Town Of Art And History Issoire (5km); Mozac (40km); Marsat (40km); Riom (41km)
Village D'etape Massiac (35km)
Map of places to visit near Brenat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brenat
Canton: Sauxillanges
Arrondissement: Issoire
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63500
Distance to Brenat
from Clermont-Ferrand (local prefecture): 31 km
from Paris: 374 km
from Calais: 610 km
from Nice: 375 km
from Bordeaux: 315 km
from Strasbourg: 476 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brenat): Aulhat-Saint-Privat, Flat, Issoire, Le Broc, Les Pradeaux, Orbeil, Parentignat, Saint-Babel, Saint-Jean-en-Val, Saint-Remy-de-Chargnat, Saint-Yvoine, Sauxillanges, Usson and Varennes-sur-Usson.
Getting here
For driving distances to Brenat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brenat