Lavaudieu travel guide
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Visit Lavaudieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lavaudieu is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 42 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Lavaudieu is 408 km from Paris and 643 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Lavaudieu (page also includes a photo gallery for Lavaudieu)
Popular places to visit near Lavaudieu: these include Brioude at 6 km and Allier gorges at 19 km.
Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Lavaudieu: One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Lavaudieu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lavaudieu
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lavaudieu.
Note that all distances from Lavaudieu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lavaudieu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lavaudieu (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 Lavaudieu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (35km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (41km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (32km) : Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Blesle (23km) : Usson (31km) : Montpeyroux (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (6km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (7km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (22km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (35km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (35km) : Le Puy en Velay (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Flour (38km) : Ambert (39km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Lavaudieu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lavaudieu
Canton: Brioude-Sud
Arrondissement: Brioude
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43100
Distance to Lavaudieu
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 42 km
from Paris: 408 km
from Calais: 643 km
from Nice: 349 km
from Bordeaux: 320 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 Lavaudieu): Brioude, Chaniat, Domeyrat, Fontannes, Frugieres-le-Pin, Javaugues, La Chomette, Lamothe, Vals-le-Chastel and Vieille-Brioude.
Getting here
For driving distances to Lavaudieu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lavaudieu