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Visit Mons: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mons is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 36 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Mons is 328 km from Paris and 562 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateldon at 8 km from Mons
Popular places to visit near Mons: these include Chateldon at 8 km and Vichy at 14 km.
Parc du domaine royal de Randan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Vichy is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' 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 Mons, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mons
See France This Way travel guides for Puy-de-Dome and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mons.
Note that all distances from Mons shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mons holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mons (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 Puy-de-Dome 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 Mons and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (5km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (32km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (39km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (42km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (26km) : Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (29km) : Saint-Saturnin (45km) : Montpeyroux (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (18km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (25km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (33km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (39km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (14km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Riom (26km) : Mozac (30km) : Marsat (30km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (33km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Mons & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mons
Canton: Randan
Arrondissement: Riom
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63310
Distance to Mons
from Clermont-Ferrand: 36 km
from Paris: 328 km
from Calais: 562 km
from Nice: 397 km
from Bordeaux: 337 km
from Strasbourg: 435 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mons): Beaumont-les-Randan, Limons, Luzillat, Mariol, Puy-Guillaume, Randan, Saint-Denis-Combarnazat, Saint-Priest-Bramefant and Saint-Sylvestre-Pragoulin.
Getting here
For driving distances to Mons from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mons