Gignat travel guide
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Visit Gignat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gignat is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 35 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Gignat is 381 km from Paris and 616 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Issoire at 8 km from Gignat
Popular places to visit near Gignat: these include Issoire at 8 km and Usson at 11 km.
Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 3km and Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. 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 Gignat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gignat
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 Gignat.
Note that all distances from Gignat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gignat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gignat (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 Gignat and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (8km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (26km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (29km) : Jardins de Cordès (37km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (40km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (3km) : Aulteribe Chateau (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Usson (11km) : Montpeyroux (16km) : Blesle (18km) : Saint-Saturnin (22km) : Lavaudieu (30km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (7km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (10km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (18km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (22km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (24km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (24km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (34km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (35km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (8km) : Marsat (45km) : Mozac (45km) : Riom (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (41km) : Riom-es-Montagnes (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Gignat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gignat
Canton: Saint-Germain-Lembron
Arrondissement: Issoire
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63340
Distance to Gignat
from Clermont-Ferrand: 35 km
from Paris: 381 km
from Calais: 616 km
from Nice: 377 km
from Bordeaux: 306 km
from Strasbourg: 487 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gignat): Antoingt, Beaulieu, Bergonne, Boudes, Chalus, Collanges, Le Breuil-sur-Couze, Le Broc, Les Pradeaux, Madriat, Mareugheol, Nonette, Parentignat, Saint-Germain-Lembron, Saint-Herent, Solignat, Vichel, Villeneuve-Lembron and Vodable.
Getting here
For driving distances to Gignat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gignat