Fontannes travel guide
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Visit Fontannes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontannes is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 46 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Fontannes is 405 km from Paris and 640 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Brioude at 3 km from Fontannes
Popular places to visit near Fontannes: these include Brioude at 3 km and Lavaudieu at 4 km.
Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Lavaudieu is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 4km. 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 Fontannes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontannes
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontannes.
Note that all distances from Fontannes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontannes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontannes (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 Fontannes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (31km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (42km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (28km) : Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (4km) : Blesle (20km) : Usson (27km) : Montpeyroux (41km) : Saint-Saturnin (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (3km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (5km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (19km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (34km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (43km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (49km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (31km) : Le Puy en Velay (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (38km) : Saint-Flour (38km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontannes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontannes
Canton: Brioude-Sud
Arrondissement: Brioude
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43100
Distance to Fontannes
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 46 km
from Paris: 405 km
from Calais: 640 km
from Nice: 352 km
from Bordeaux: 318 km
from Strasbourg: 492 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 Fontannes): Brioude, Chaniat, Cohade, Frugieres-le-Pin, Javaugues, Lamothe, Lavaudieu, Paulhac, Saint-Just-Pres-Brioude and Vieille-Brioude.
Getting here
For driving distances to Fontannes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontannes