Thauron travel guide
Visit Thauron: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Aubusson at 28 km from Thauron
Location: Thauron is situated in the Creuse department (Limousin region) in the southern-centre of France at 20 km from Gueret, the department capital. (General information: Thauron is 320 km from Paris and 550 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Thauron: these include Aubusson at 28 km and Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat at 31 km. Aubusson is a listed recommended detour at 28 km and Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat is a listed recommended detour at 31 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 Thauron, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Thauron
See France This Way travel guides for and Limousin (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Thauron.
Note that all distances from Thauron shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Thauron 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 Creuse gites and villas
Markets near Thauron
- Bourganeuf: market every Wednesday (7km)
- Gueret: market every Thursday all day & Saturday all day (20km)
- Ahun: market every Wednesday (20km)
- Lavaveix-les-Mines: market every Thursday (22km)
- Aubusson: market every Saturday (27km)
- Felletin: market every Friday (30km)
- Boussac: market every Thursday (49km)
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 Thauron and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Thauron map below.
Heritage Site Saint-Leonard de Noblat église (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (31km)
Recommended Detour Aubusson (28km); Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat (31km)
Regional Natural Parc Millevaches en Limousin (40km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Pierres Jaumetres (44km)
Village D'etape Bessines-sur-Gartempe (37km); La Souterraine (37km); Gouzon (39km); Pierre-Buffiere (49km)
Map of places to visit near Thauron & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Thauron
Canton: Pontarion
Arrondissement: Guéret
Department: Creuse
Region: Limousin
Postcode: 23250
Distance to Thauron
from Gueret (local prefecture): 20 km
from Paris: 320 km
from Calais: 550 km
from Nice: 500 km
from Bordeaux: 227 km
from Strasbourg: 531 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Thauron): Bosmoreau-les-Mines, Bourganeuf, Mansat-la-Courriere, Masbaraud-Merignat, Pontarion, Sardent and Soubrebost.
Getting here
For driving distances to Thauron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Thauron