Charnat travel guide
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Visit Charnat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Charnat is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 33 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Charnat is 334 km from Paris and 569 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateldon at 8 km from Charnat
Popular places to visit near Charnat: these include Chateldon at 8 km and Thiers at 13 km.
Parc du domaine royal de Randan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. 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 Charnat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Charnat
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 Charnat.
Note that all distances from Charnat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Charnat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Charnat (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 Puy-de-Dome 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 Charnat and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (10km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (30km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (35km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (38km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (47km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (20km) : Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (34km) : Montpeyroux (40km) : Saint-Saturnin (41km) : Usson (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (16km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (24km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (30km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (36km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (20km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Riom (25km) : Mozac (28km) : Marsat (28km) : Issoire (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (38km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Charnat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Charnat
Canton: Lezoux
Arrondissement: Thiers
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63290
Distance to Charnat
from Clermont-Ferrand: 33 km
from Paris: 334 km
from Calais: 569 km
from Nice: 392 km
from Bordeaux: 336 km
from Strasbourg: 438 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Charnat): Beaumont-les-Randan, Bulhon, Crevant-Laveine, Dorat, Limons, Luzillat, Noalhat, Paslieres, Puy-Guillaume and Vinzelles.
Getting here
For driving distances to Charnat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Charnat