Lavelanet travel guide
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Visit Lavelanet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lavelanet is situated in the Ariege department (Midi-Pyrenees region) in the south of France at 20 km from Foix, the department capital. (General information: Lavelanet is 660 km from Paris and 891 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montsegur at 7 km from Lavelanet
Popular places to visit near Lavelanet: these include Montsegur at 7 km and Camon at 14 km.
Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 8km and Camon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 14km. 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 Lavelanet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lavelanet
See France This Way travel guides for Ariege and Midi-Pyrenees (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lavelanet.
Note that all distances from Lavelanet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lavelanet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lavelanet (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 Midi-Pyrenees and Ariege 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 Lavelanet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc aux Bambous (25km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Camon (14km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Limoux (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Lavelanet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lavelanet
Canton: Lavelanet
Arrondissement: Foix
Department: Ariege
Region: Midi-Pyrenees
Postcode: 09300
Distance to Lavelanet
from Foix: 20 km
from Paris: 660 km
from Calais: 891 km
from Nice: 447 km
from Bordeaux: 287 km
from Strasbourg: 777 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lavelanet): Benaix, Dreuilhe, Esclagne, Fougax-et-Barrineuf, Ilhat, La Bastide-sur-l'Hers, Laroque-d'Olmes, Le Peyrat, Lesparrou, Lieurac, Montferrier, Pereille, Raissac, Saint-Jean-d'Aigues-Vives, Sautel and Villeneuve-d'Olmes.
Getting here
For driving distances to Lavelanet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lavelanet