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Visit Herisson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Herisson is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 332 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Herisson is 262 km from Paris and 498 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Herisson
Popular places to visit near Herisson: these include Montlucon at 21 km and Culan at 28 km.
Foret de Troncais is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 15km and Montlucon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 21km. 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 Herisson, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Herisson
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Herisson.
Note that all distances from Herisson shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Herisson holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Herisson (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 Allier 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 Herisson and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (30km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (32km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (41km) : Arboretum de Balaine (46km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (28km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (33km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (35km) : Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (43km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (21km) : Moulins (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Neris-les-Bains (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Herisson & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Hérisson
Canton: Hérisson
Arrondissement: Montluçon
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03190
Distance to Herisson
from Moulins: 332 km
from Paris: 262 km
from Calais: 498 km
from Nice: 474 km
from Bordeaux: 316 km
from Strasbourg: 443 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Herisson): Givarlais, Louroux-Hodement, Maillet, Saint-Caprais and Venas.
Getting here
For driving distances to Herisson from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Herisson