Pignols travel guide
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Visit Pignols: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pignols is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 21 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Pignols is 364 km from Paris and 599 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montpeyroux at 7 km from Pignols
Popular places to visit near Pignols: these include Montpeyroux at 7 km and Issoire at 11 km.
Montpeyroux is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 7km and Issoire is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km. 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 Pignols, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pignols
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 Pignols.
Note that all distances from Pignols shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pignols holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pignols (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 Pignols and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (11km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (16km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (17km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (26km) : Jardins de Cordès (35km) : Parc du domaine royal de Randan (42km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (20km) : Aulteribe Chateau (22km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montpeyroux (7km) : Usson (14km) : Saint-Saturnin (15km) : Blesle (37km) : Lavaudieu (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (12km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (16km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (21km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (21km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (23km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (25km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (29km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (32km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (11km) : Marsat (30km) : Mozac (30km) : Riom (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (37km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Pignols & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pignols
Canton: Vic-le-Comte
Arrondissement: Clermont-Ferrand
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63270
Distance to Pignols
from Clermont-Ferrand: 21 km
from Paris: 364 km
from Calais: 599 km
from Nice: 382 km
from Bordeaux: 315 km
from Strasbourg: 470 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pignols): Busseol, Coudes, Laps, Manglieu, Mirefleurs, Montmorin, Parent, Saint-Babel, Saint-Julien-de-Coppel, Saint-Maurice, Salledes, Vic-le-Comte and Yronde-et-Buron.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pignols from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pignols