Effiat travel guide
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Visit Effiat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Effiat is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 32 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Effiat is 320 km from Paris and 555 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vichy at 16 km from Effiat
Popular places to visit near Effiat: these include Vichy at 16 km and Charroux at 18 km.
Parc du domaine royal de Randan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Effiat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Effiat
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 Effiat.
Note that all distances from Effiat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Effiat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Effiat (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 Effiat and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (8km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (27km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (36km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (40km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (25km) : Aulteribe Chateau (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (18km) : Saint-Saturnin (44km) : Montpeyroux (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (15km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (18km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (29km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (35km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (45km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (17km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Riom (20km) : Mozac (23km) : Marsat (23km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (38km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Effiat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Effiat
Canton: Aigueperse
Arrondissement: Riom
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63260
Distance to Effiat
from Clermont-Ferrand: 32 km
from Paris: 320 km
from Calais: 555 km
from Nice: 409 km
from Bordeaux: 327 km
from Strasbourg: 441 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Effiat): Aigueperse, Bas-et-Lezat, Biozat, Bussieres-et-Pruns, Chaptuzat, Charmes, Montpensier, Poezat, Saint-Clement-de-Regnat, Saint-Genes-du-Retz, Vensat and Villeneuve-les-Cerfs.
Getting here
For driving distances to Effiat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Effiat