Brioude travel guide
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Visit Brioude: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brioude is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 48 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Brioude is 404 km from Paris and 639 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Brioude
Popular places to visit near Brioude: these include Lavaudieu at 6 km and Blesle at 17 km.
Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Lavaudieu is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Brioude: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Brioude, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brioude
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brioude.
Note that all distances from Brioude shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brioude holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brioude (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 Brioude and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (30km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (45km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (26km) : Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (6km) : Blesle (17km) : Usson (26km) : Montpeyroux (39km) : Saint-Saturnin (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (3km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (17km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (37km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (46km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (47km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (30km) : Le Puy en Velay (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Flour (37km) : Ambert (40km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Brioude & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brioude
Canton: Brioude
Arrondissement: Brioude
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43100
Distance to Brioude
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 48 km
from Paris: 404 km
from Calais: 639 km
from Nice: 355 km
from Bordeaux: 315 km
from Strasbourg: 493 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brioude): Agnat, Beaumont, Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre, Cohade, Fontannes, Lamothe, Lavaudieu, Paulhac, Saint-Just-Pres-Brioude, Saint-Laurent-Chabreuges and Vieille-Brioude.
Getting here
For driving distances to Brioude from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brioude