Usson travel guide
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Visit Usson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Usson is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 34 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Usson is 377 km from Paris and 613 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Usson (page also includes a photo gallery for Usson)
Popular places to visit near Usson: these include Issoire at 7 km and Montpeyroux at 15 km.
Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Jardins du château d'Hauterive is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Usson: One of the 'most beautiful villages in France' (see also beautiful French villages);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Usson, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Usson
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 Usson.
Note that all distances from Usson shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Usson holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Usson (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 Usson and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (7km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (26km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (29km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (39km) : Jardins de Cordès (42km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (13km) : Aulteribe Chateau (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montpeyroux (15km) : Saint-Saturnin (24km) : Blesle (27km) : Lavaudieu (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (7km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (9km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (24km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (26km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (27km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (29km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (30km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (34km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (7km) : Mozac (43km) : Riom (44km) : Marsat (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Usson & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Usson
Canton: Sauxillanges
Arrondissement: Issoire
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63490
Distance to Usson
from Clermont-Ferrand: 34 km
from Paris: 377 km
from Calais: 613 km
from Nice: 372 km
from Bordeaux: 316 km
from Strasbourg: 476 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Usson): Aulhat-Saint-Privat, Bansat, Brenat, Flat, Lamontgie, Les Pradeaux, Nonette, Orbeil, Orsonnette, Parentignat, Saint-Etienne-sur-Usson, Saint-Jean-en-Val, Saint-Martin-Des-Plains, Saint-Remy-de-Chargnat, Sauxillanges and Varennes-sur-Usson.
Getting here
For driving distances to Usson from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Usson