Vieille-Brioude travel guide
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Visit Vieille-Brioude: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vieille-Brioude is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 45 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Vieille-Brioude is 408 km from Paris and 643 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Brioude at 4 km from Vieille-Brioude
Popular places to visit near Vieille-Brioude: these include Brioude at 4 km and Lavaudieu at 4 km.
Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Lavaudieu is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 4km. 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 Vieille-Brioude, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vieille-Brioude
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vieille-Brioude.
Note that all distances from Vieille-Brioude shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vieille-Brioude holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vieille-Brioude (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 Haute-Loire 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 Vieille-Brioude and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (34km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (44km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (29km) : Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (4km) : Blesle (20km) : Usson (30km) : Montpeyroux (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (3km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (4km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (34km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (34km) : Le Puy en Velay (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Flour (35km) : Ambert (41km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Vieille-Brioude & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vieille-Brioude
Canton: Brioude-Sud
Arrondissement: Brioude
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43100
Distance to Vieille-Brioude
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 45 km
from Paris: 408 km
from Calais: 643 km
from Nice: 352 km
from Bordeaux: 316 km
from Strasbourg: 495 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vieille-Brioude): Beaumont, Brioude, Fontannes, Javaugues, La Chomette, Lamothe, Lavaudieu, Paulhac, Saint-Just-Pres-Brioude and Saint-Laurent-Chabreuges.
Getting here
For driving distances to Vieille-Brioude from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vieille-Brioude