Clermont-Ferrand travel guide
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Visit Clermont-Ferrand: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Clermont-Ferrand is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Puy-de-Dome department. (General information: Clermont-Ferrand is 347 km from Paris and 582 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Clermont-Ferrand (page also includes a photo gallery for Clermont-Ferrand)
Popular places to visit near Clermont-Ferrand: these include Clermont-Ferrand at 1 km and Puy-de-Dome at 9 km.
Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Clermont-Ferrand: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; Clermont-Ferrand has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Clermont-Ferrand, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Clermont-Ferrand
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 Clermont-Ferrand.
Note that all distances from Clermont-Ferrand shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Clermont-Ferrand holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Clermont-Ferrand (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 Clermont-Ferrand and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Opme (5km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (6km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (9km) : Jardins de Cordès (21km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (29km) : Parc du domaine royal de Randan (34km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (32km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Saturnin (13km) : Montpeyroux (20km) : Usson (34km) : Charroux (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (1km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (3km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (3km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (13km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (15km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (19km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (29km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Marsat (11km) : Mozac (11km) : Riom (13km) : Issoire (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (9km) :
Map of places to visit near Clermont-Ferrand & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Clermont-Ferrand
Canton: Clermont-Ferrand
Arrondissement: Clermont-Ferrand
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63000
Distance to Clermont-Ferrand
from Clermont-Ferrand: 0 km
from Paris: 347 km
from Calais: 582 km
from Nice: 403 km
from Bordeaux: 305 km
from Strasbourg: 471 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Clermont-Ferrand): Aubiere, Beaumont, Blanzat, Cebazat, Ceyrat, Chamalieres, Chanat-la-Mouteyre, Durtol, Gerzat, Nohanent, Perignat-les-Sarlieve, Puy-de-Dome, Romagnat, Royat and Sayat.
Getting here
For driving distances to Clermont-Ferrand from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Clermont-Ferrand