La Forie travel guide
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Visit La Forie: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Forie is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 57 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: La Forie is 378 km from Paris and 612 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 5 km from La Forie
Popular places to visit near La Forie: these include Ambert at 5 km and Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 16 km.
Ambert is a listed 'recommended detour' at 5km and Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 10km. 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 La Forie, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Forie
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 La Forie.
Note that all distances from La Forie shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Forie holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Forie (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 La Forie and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (26km) : Jardins du château d'Hauterive (40km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (29km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Usson (34km) : Montpeyroux (43km) : Lavaudieu (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (40km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (44km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (5km) :
Map of places to visit near La Forie & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Forie
Canton: Ambert
Arrondissement: Ambert
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63600
Distance to La Forie
from Clermont-Ferrand: 57 km
from Paris: 378 km
from Calais: 612 km
from Nice: 348 km
from Bordeaux: 350 km
from Strasbourg: 449 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Forie): Ambert, Job, Thiolieres and Valcivieres.
Getting here
For driving distances to La Forie from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Forie