Ussel travel guide
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Visit Ussel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ussel is situated in the Cantal department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 44 km from Aurillac, the department capital. (General information: Ussel is 422 km from Paris and 657 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Flour at 13 km from Ussel
Popular places to visit near Ussel: these include Saint-Flour at 13 km and Riom-es-Montagnes at 31 km.
Saint-Flour is a listed 'recommended detour' at 13km and Plomb du Cantal is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 14km. 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 Ussel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ussel
See France This Way travel guides for Cantal and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ussel.
Note that all distances from Ussel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ussel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ussel (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 Ussel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Verger de Déduit (41km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Blesle (32km) : Salers (35km) : Tournemire (36km) : Lavaudieu (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (32km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (39km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Salins (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Flour (13km) : Riom-es-Montagnes (31km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy Mary (21km) :
Map of places to visit near Ussel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ussel
Canton: Saint-Flour-Sud
Arrondissement: Saint-Flour
Department: Cantal
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 15300
Distance to Ussel
from Aurillac: 44 km
from Paris: 422 km
from Calais: 657 km
from Nice: 377 km
from Bordeaux: 278 km
from Strasbourg: 534 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ussel): Celles, Coltines, La Chapelle-d'Alagnon, Laveissenet, Murat, Neussargues-Moissac, Valuejols and Virargues.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ussel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ussel