Mercoeur travel guide
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Visit Mercoeur: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mercoeur is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 50 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Mercoeur is 414 km from Paris and 649 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Brioude at 14 km from Mercoeur
Popular places to visit near Mercoeur: these include Brioude at 14 km and Lavaudieu at 15 km.
Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. 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 Mercoeur, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mercoeur
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mercoeur.
Note that all distances from Mercoeur shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mercoeur holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mercoeur (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 Mercoeur and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (39km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (33km) : Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (15km) : Blesle (17km) : Usson (38km) : Montpeyroux (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (10km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (13km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (17km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (41km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (39km) : Le Puy en Velay (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Flour (24km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Mercoeur & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mercoeur
Canton: Lavoûte-Chilhac
Arrondissement: Brioude
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43100
Distance to Mercoeur
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 50 km
from Paris: 414 km
from Calais: 649 km
from Nice: 356 km
from Bordeaux: 307 km
from Strasbourg: 507 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mercoeur): Ally, Celoux, Chapelle-Laurent and Saint-Just-Pres-Brioude.
Getting here
For driving distances to Mercoeur from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mercoeur