Montpensier travel guide
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Visit Montpensier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montpensier is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 31 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Montpensier is 320 km from Paris and 555 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Charroux at 17 km from Montpensier
Popular places to visit near Montpensier: these include Charroux at 17 km and Riom at 18 km. Parc du domaine royal de Randan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Montpensier, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Montpensier and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Montpensier
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (11km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (25km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (35km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (39km) : Jardins de Cordès (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (26km) : Aulteribe Chateau (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (17km) : Saint-Saturnin (43km) : Montpeyroux (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (15km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (16km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (28km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (33km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (43km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Orcival) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (19km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Riom (18km) : Mozac (21km) : Marsat (21km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Montpensier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montpensier
Canton: Aigueperse
Arrondissement: Riom
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63260
Distance to Montpensier
from Clermont-Ferrand: 31 km
from Paris: 320 km
from Calais: 555 km
from Nice: 411 km
from Bordeaux: 325 km
from Strasbourg: 444 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Montpensier (within 6 km): Aigueperse : Artonne : Biozat : Bussieres-et-Pruns : Chaptuzat : Charmes : Effiat : Poezat : Saint-Genes-du-Retz : Saint-Priest-d'Andelot : Vensat :
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