Chaniat travel guide
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Visit Chaniat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chaniat is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 44 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Chaniat is 403 km from Paris and 638 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lavaudieu at 6 km from Chaniat
Popular places to visit near Chaniat: these include Lavaudieu at 6 km and Brioude at 8 km.
Lavaudieu is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 6km and Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chaniat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chaniat
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chaniat.
Note that all distances from Chaniat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chaniat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chaniat (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 Chaniat and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (31km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (37km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (29km) : Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (6km) : Blesle (24km) : Usson (26km) : Montpeyroux (41km) : Saint-Saturnin (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (8km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (11km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (18km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (31km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (42km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (31km) : Le Puy en Velay (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (33km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (44km) : Saint-Flour (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Chaniat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chaniat
Canton: Brioude-Sud
Arrondissement: Brioude
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43100
Distance to Chaniat
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 44 km
from Paris: 403 km
from Calais: 638 km
from Nice: 350 km
from Bordeaux: 323 km
from Strasbourg: 486 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chaniat): Agnat, Champagnac-le-Vieux, Fontannes, Frugieres-le-Pin, Javaugues, Lamothe, Lavaudieu, Saint-Didier-sur-Doulon and Vals-le-Chastel.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chaniat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chaniat