Saint-Poncy travel guide

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Visit Saint-Poncy: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Poncy is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 65 km from Aurillac, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Poncy is 415 km from Paris and 651 km from the port at Calais).

Popular places to visit near Saint-Poncy: these include Saint-Flour at 16 km and Blesle at 17 km.

Saint-Flour is a listed 'recommended detour' at 16km and Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Poncy, France

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

photo of Blesle
Blesle 17km
photo of Brioude
Brioude 21km
photo of Usson
Usson 42km
photo of Issoire
Issoire 43km

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

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

Saint-Poncy holidays and travel

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

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (43km) :
  2. National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (35km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Blesle (17km) : Lavaudieu (24km) : Usson (42km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (17km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (18km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (21km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (49km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Issoire (43km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Flour (16km) : Riom-es-Montagnes (43km) :
  7. Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (40km) :

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

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Poncy

Canton: Massiac

Arrondissement: Saint-Flour

Department: Cantal

Region: Auvergne

Postcode: 15500

Distance to Saint-Poncy

from Aurillac: 65 km

from Paris: 415 km

from Calais: 651 km

from Nice: 363 km

from Bordeaux: 298 km

from Strasbourg: 514 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Poncy): Bonnac, Chapelle-Laurent, Lastic, Saint-Mary-le-Plain and Vieillespesse.

Getting here

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

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Poncy