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Visit Moledes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Moledes is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 61 km from Aurillac, the department capital. (General information: Moledes is 403 km from Paris and 639 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Blesle at 12 km from Moledes
Popular places to visit near Moledes: these include Blesle at 12 km and Parc des Volcans at 22 km.
Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km and Blesle is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 12km. 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 Moledes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Moledes
See France This Way travel guides for Cantal and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Moledes.
Note that all distances from Moledes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Moledes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Moledes (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 Cantal 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 Moledes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (36km) : Verger de Déduit (47km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (48km) : Jardins de Cordès (49km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (27km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Blesle (12km) : Lavaudieu (33km) : Usson (38km) : Montpeyroux (42km) : Saint-Saturnin (45km) : Salers (45km) : Tournemire (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (12km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (26km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (27km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (35km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (38km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Flour (26km) : Riom-es-Montagnes (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Moledes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Molèdes
Canton: Massiac
Arrondissement: Saint-Flour
Department: Cantal
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 15500
Distance to Moledes
from Aurillac: 61 km
from Paris: 403 km
from Calais: 639 km
from Nice: 378 km
from Bordeaux: 288 km
from Strasbourg: 514 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 Moledes): Charmensac, Laurie, Leyvaux and Veze.
Getting here
For driving distances to Moledes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Moledes