Parentignat travel guide
Visit Parentignat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Parentignat is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 32 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Parentignat is 376 km from Paris and 611 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Parentignat: these include Issoire at 3 km and Usson at 4 km. Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) is a listed religious monument at 3 km and Jardins du château d'Hauterive is a listed remarkable garden at 3 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Parentignat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Parentignat
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 Parentignat.
Note that all distances from Parentignat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Parentignat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Parentignat
- Issoire: market every Saturday (4km)
- Vic-le-Comte: market every Thursday (13km)
- Champeix: market every Friday (14km)
- Brassac-les-Mines: market every Sunday (14km)
- Sainte-Florine: market every Sunday (14km)
- Billom: market every Monday (22km)
- Saint-Nectaire: market every Sunday - seasonal market only - (24km)
- Cournon-d'Auvergne: market every Thursday & Saturday & Friday (24km)
- Champagnac-le-Vieux: market every Friday (26km)
- Lempdes: market every Tuesday (27km)
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 Parentignat and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Parentignat map below.
Grand Site Of France Puy de Dome (37km)
Heritage Site Clermont-Ferrand église Notre-Dame-du-Port (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (32km)
Most Beautiful Village Usson (4km); Montpeyroux (12km); Saint-Saturnin (21km); Blesle (26km); Lavaudieu (33km)
National Monument Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (10km); Aulteribe Chateau (31km)
Recommended Detour Issoire (3km); Ambert (35km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (25km); Volcans d'Auvergne (41km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (3km); Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (10km); Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (21km); Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (26km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (26km); Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (28km); Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (30km); Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (32km); Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (32km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (39km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château d'Hauterive (3km); Jardins du château de la Batisse (23km); Jardins du château d'Opme (26km); Parc du château de Blanzat (37km); Jardins de Cordès (39km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Clermont-Ferrand (32km); Thiers (41km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Lac Pavin (32km); Puy de Sancy (37km); Lac du Guery (38km)
Town Of Art And History Issoire (3km); Mozac (41km); Marsat (41km)
Village D'etape Massiac (32km)
Map of places to visit near Parentignat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Parentignat
Canton: Sauxillanges
Arrondissement: Issoire
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63500
Distance to Parentignat
from Clermont-Ferrand (local prefecture): 32 km
from Paris: 376 km
from Calais: 611 km
from Nice: 375 km
from Bordeaux: 313 km
from Strasbourg: 479 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Parentignat): Aulhat-Saint-Privat, Bansat, Bergonne, Brenat, Flat, Gignat, Issoire, Le Broc, Les Pradeaux, Orbeil, Saint-Jean-en-Val, Saint-Martin-Des-Plains, Saint-Remy-de-Chargnat, Saint-Yvoine, Usson and Varennes-sur-Usson.
Getting here
For driving distances to Parentignat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Parentignat