Collat travel guide
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Visit Collat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Collat is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 31 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Collat is 413 km from Paris and 648 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Chaise-Dieu at 11 km from Collat
Popular places to visit near Collat: these include La Chaise-Dieu at 11 km and Lavaudieu at 12 km.
Lavaudieu is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 12km and Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. 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 Collat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Collat
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Collat.
Note that all distances from Collat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Collat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Collat (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 Collat and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (31km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (44km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (31km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (12km) : Blesle (35km) : Usson (38km) : Arlempdes (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (18km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (19km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (29km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (31km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (35km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (31km) : Issoire (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (31km) : Ambert (36km) : Saint-Flour (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Collat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Collat
Canton: Paulhaguet
Arrondissement: Brioude
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43230
Distance to Collat
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 31 km
from Paris: 413 km
from Calais: 648 km
from Nice: 337 km
from Bordeaux: 332 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 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Collat): Berbezit, Chassagnes, Connangles, Josat, La Chapelle-Bertin, Montclard, Saint-Pal-de-Senouire, Saint-Prejet-Armandon, Sainte-Marguerite and Sembadel.
Getting here
For driving distances to Collat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Collat