Oradour travel guide
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Visit Oradour: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Oradour is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 40 km from Aurillac, the department capital. (General information: Oradour is 440 km from Paris and 675 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Flour at 18 km from Oradour
Popular places to visit near Oradour: these include Saint-Flour at 18 km and Laguiole at 27 km.
Saint-Flour is a listed 'recommended detour' at 18km and Plomb du Cantal is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 21km. 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 Oradour, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Oradour
See France This Way travel guides for Cantal and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Oradour.
Note that all distances from Oradour shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Oradour holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Oradour (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 Oradour and wondering what to do next!
- Beautiful Villages: Tournemire (38km) : Salers (42km) : Estaing (46km) : Saint-Come-d'Olt (46km) : Blesle (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Flour (18km) : Riom-es-Montagnes (46km) : Marvejols (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Oradour & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Oradour
Canton: Pierrefort
Arrondissement: Saint-Flour
Department: Cantal
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 15260
Distance to Oradour
from Aurillac: 40 km
from Paris: 440 km
from Calais: 675 km
from Nice: 370 km
from Bordeaux: 277 km
from Strasbourg: 548 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 Oradour): Espinasse, Gourdieges, Neuveglise and Sainte-Marie.
Getting here
For driving distances to Oradour from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Oradour