Le Puy-en-Velay travel guide
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Visit Le Puy-en-Velay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Puy-en-Velay is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Haute-Loire department. (General information: Le Puy-en-Velay is 440 km from Paris and 674 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Le Puy-en-Velay (page also includes a photo gallery for Le Puy-en-Velay)
Popular places to visit near Le Puy-en-Velay: these include Arlempdes at 20 km and Pradelles at 30 km.
Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 2km and Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Le Puy-en-Velay: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour); Le Puy-en-Velay has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Le Puy-en-Velay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Puy-en-Velay
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Puy-en-Velay.
Note that all distances from Le Puy-en-Velay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Puy-en-Velay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Puy-en-Velay (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 Le Puy-en-Velay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Arlempdes (20km) : Pradelles (30km) : Lavaudieu (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (2km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (14km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (48km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Puy-en-Velay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Puy-en-Velay
Canton: Puy-en-Velay
Arrondissement: Puy-en-Velay
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43000
Distance to Le Puy-en-Velay
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 0 km
from Paris: 440 km
from Calais: 674 km
from Nice: 307 km
from Bordeaux: 352 km
from Strasbourg: 491 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Puy-en-Velay): Aiguilhe, Arsac-en-Velay, Brives-Charensac, Ceyssac, Chadrac, Chaspinhac, Coubon, Espaly-Saint-Marcel, Le Monteil, Polignac and Vals-Pres-le-Puy.
Getting here
For driving distances to Le Puy-en-Velay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Puy-en-Velay