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Visit Parent: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Parent is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 20 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Parent is 365 km from Paris and 601 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montpeyroux at 2 km from Parent
Popular places to visit near Parent: these include Montpeyroux at 2 km and Issoire at 9 km.
Montpeyroux is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 2km and Jardins du château d'Hauterive is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km. 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 Parent, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Parent
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 Parent.
Note that all distances from Parent shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Parent holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Parent (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 Parent and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (9km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (13km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (15km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (26km) : Jardins de Cordès (31km) : Parc du domaine royal de Randan (45km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (17km) : Aulteribe Chateau (27km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montpeyroux (2km) : Saint-Saturnin (11km) : Usson (14km) : Blesle (34km) : Lavaudieu (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (9km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (12km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (20km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (21km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (21km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (21km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (31km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (31km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (9km) : Marsat (30km) : Mozac (30km) : Riom (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (41km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Parent & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Parent
Canton: Vic-le-Comte
Arrondissement: Clermont-Ferrand
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63270
Distance to Parent
from Clermont-Ferrand: 20 km
from Paris: 365 km
from Calais: 601 km
from Nice: 384 km
from Bordeaux: 311 km
from Strasbourg: 475 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Parent): Authezat, Chadeleuf, Corent, Coudes, Flat, La Sauvetat, Laps, Montpeyroux, Neschers, Pignols, Saint-Babel, Saint-Maurice, Saint-Yvoine, Sauvagnat-Sainte-Marthe, Veyre-Monton, Vic-le-Comte and Yronde-et-Buron.
Getting here
For driving distances to Parent from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Parent