Saint-Cernin travel guide

Saint-Cernin photo, taken in Tournemire France

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Visit Saint-Cernin: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Cernin is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 15 km from Aurillac, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Cernin is 422 km from Paris and 657 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Tournemire at 5 km from Saint-Cernin

Popular places to visit near Saint-Cernin: these include Tournemire at 5 km and Salers at 11 km.

Tournemire is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 5km and Salers is a listed 'most beautiful village' 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 Saint-Cernin, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Cernin

photo of Salers
Salers 11km
photo of Mauriac
Mauriac 19km
photo of Mourjou
Mourjou 41km
photo of Maurs
Maurs 42km

See France This Way travel guides for Cantal and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Cernin.

Note that all distances from Saint-Cernin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Saint-Cernin holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Cernin (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 Saint-Cernin and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Verger de Déduit (17km) : Parc-arboretum de Neuvic d'Ussel (38km) :
  2. National Monuments: Chateau Montal (49km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Tournemire (5km) : Salers (11km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Salins (15km) :
  5. Recommended Detour Town: Riom-es-Montagnes (31km) :
  6. Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (21km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Cernin & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Cernin

Canton: Saint-Cernin

Arrondissement: Aurillac

Department: Cantal

Region: Auvergne

Postcode: 15310

Distance to Saint-Cernin

from Aurillac: 15 km

from Paris: 422 km

from Calais: 657 km

from Nice: 413 km

from Bordeaux: 237 km

from Strasbourg: 564 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Cernin): Besse, Freix-Anglards, Girgols, Marmanhac, Saint-Chamant, Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert and Tournemire.

Getting here

For driving distances to Saint-Cernin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Cernin