Compains travel guide
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Visit Compains: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Compains is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 39 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Compains is 382 km from Paris and 618 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Parc des Volcans at 11 km from Compains
Popular places to visit near Compains: these include Parc des Volcans at 11 km and Murol at 15 km.
Lac Pavin is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 7km and Volcans d'Auvergne is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 11km. 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 Compains, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Compains
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 Compains.
Note that all distances from Compains shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Compains holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Compains (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 Compains and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (28km) : Jardins de Cordès (28km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (31km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (35km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (45km) : Verger de Déduit (46km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (21km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Blesle (23km) : Saint-Saturnin (28km) : Montpeyroux (30km) : Usson (34km) : Lavaudieu (46km) : Salers (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (18km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (23km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (30km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (37km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (39km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (39km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (28km) : Mozac (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Riom-es-Montagnes (27km) : Saint-Flour (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (37km) : Puy Mary (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Compains & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Compains
Canton: Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise
Arrondissement: Issoire
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63610
Distance to Compains
from Clermont-Ferrand: 39 km
from Paris: 382 km
from Calais: 618 km
from Nice: 394 km
from Bordeaux: 283 km
from Strasbourg: 505 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Compains): Espinchal, Saint-Alyre-Es-Montagne and Valbeleix.
Getting here
For driving distances to Compains from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Compains