Cistrieres travel guide

Cistrieres photo, taken in La Chaise-Dieu France

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Visit Cistrieres: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Cistrieres is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 37 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Cistrieres is 405 km from Paris and 639 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in La Chaise-Dieu at 6 km from Cistrieres

Popular places to visit near Cistrieres: these include La Chaise-Dieu at 6 km and Lavaudieu at 15 km.

Lavaudieu is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 15km and Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km. 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 Cistrieres, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cistrieres

photo of Brioude
Brioude 19km
photo of Ambert
Ambert 27km
photo of Usson
Usson 32km
photo of Blesle
Blesle 35km
photo of Issoire
Issoire 38km

See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cistrieres.

Note that all distances from Cistrieres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Cistrieres holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cistrieres (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 Cistrieres and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (26km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (38km) :
  2. National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (37km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (38km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (15km) : Usson (32km) : Blesle (35km) : Montpeyroux (47km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (19km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (24km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (26km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (35km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (38km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (46km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (37km) : Issoire (38km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (27km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (37km) :

Map of places to visit near Cistrieres & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Cistrières

Canton: Chaise-Dieu

Arrondissement: Brioude

Department: Haute-Loire

Region: Auvergne

Postcode: 43160

Distance to Cistrieres

from Le Puy-en-Velay: 37 km

from Paris: 405 km

from Calais: 639 km

from Nice: 341 km

from Bordeaux: 334 km

from Strasbourg: 479 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cistrieres): Berbezit, Connangles, La Chapelle-Geneste, Laval-sur-Doulon, Montclard, Saint-Alyre-d'Arlanc and Sembadel.

Getting here

For driving distances to Cistrieres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Cistrieres