Josat travel guide
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Visit Josat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Josat is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 29 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Josat is 416 km from Paris and 651 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lavaudieu at 13 km from Josat
Popular places to visit near Josat: these include Lavaudieu at 13 km and La Chaise-Dieu at 14 km.
Lavaudieu is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km and Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. 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 Josat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Josat
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Josat.
Note that all distances from Josat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Josat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Josat (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 Josat and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (33km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (46km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (29km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (13km) : Blesle (36km) : Usson (41km) : Arlempdes (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (17km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (20km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (20km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (27km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (34km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (36km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (29km) : Issoire (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (29km) : Ambert (39km) : Saint-Flour (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Josat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Josat
Canton: Paulhaguet
Arrondissement: Brioude
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43230
Distance to Josat
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 29 km
from Paris: 416 km
from Calais: 651 km
from Nice: 335 km
from Bordeaux: 332 km
from Strasbourg: 489 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Josat): Chassagnes, Collat, Jax, La Chapelle-Bertin, Saint-Pal-de-Senouire, Saint-Prejet-Armandon, Sainte-Marguerite and Varennes-Saint-Honorat.
Getting here
For driving distances to Josat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Josat