Brives-Charensac travel guide
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Visit Brives-Charensac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brives-Charensac is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 2 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Brives-Charensac is 439 km from Paris and 673 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le Puy-en-Velay at 2 km from Brives-Charensac
Popular places to visit near Brives-Charensac: these include Le Puy-en-Velay at 2 km and Arlempdes at 21 km. Le Puy en Velay Cathedral is a listed 'national monument' at 2km and Le Puy en Velay is a listed 'town of art and history' at 2km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Brives-Charensac: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Selected places to visit and attractions near Brives-Charensac, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Brives-Charensac and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Brives-Charensac
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (38km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (2km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Arlempdes (21km) : Pradelles (31km) : Lavaudieu (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (4km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (14km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (49km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (2km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (2km) :
Map of places to visit near Brives-Charensac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brives-Charensac
Canton: Puy-en-Velay-Est
Arrondissement: Puy-en-Velay
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43700
Distance to Brives-Charensac
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 2 km
from Paris: 439 km
from Calais: 673 km
from Nice: 306 km
from Bordeaux: 354 km
from Strasbourg: 489 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Brives-Charensac (within 6 km): Aiguilhe : Blavozy : Chadrac : Chaspinhac : Coubon : Espaly-Saint-Marcel : Le Monteil : Le Puy-en-Velay : Malrevers : Polignac : Saint-Germain-Laprade : Vals-Pres-le-Puy :
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This page in French: Visitez Brives-Charensac