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Attraction · Chamalières · Puy-de-Dôme

Grotte du Chien

In Chamalières stands Grotte du Chien, an attraction. There are 34 other places to visit inside 5 km. Worth the trip, Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Clermont-Ferrand is 2.3 km off.

Where
In Chamalières
inside the commune
How well known
Top 15%
#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list
Warmest months
May–Oct
highs of 18–27°C
In brief

Attraction in Chamalières

In Chamalières

Grotte du Chien is in the commune of Chamalières, with 34 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

The climate through the year

May to October are the warmest in Chamalières, with afternoon highs of 18–27°C.

Jan8° / 1°27 mm
Feb10° / 1°19 mm
Mar14° / 3°26 mm
Apr17° / 5°51 mm
May21° / 9°67 mm
Jun24° / 13°68 mm
Jul27° / 15°63 mm
Aug27° / 14°62 mm
Sep23° / 11°58 mm
Oct18° / 8°49 mm
Nov12° / 4°46 mm
Dec9° / 1°29 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Chamalières, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Clermont-Fd station, 6.7 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Chamalières’ full climate →
About

Grotte du Chien

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.

Grotte du Chien on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Type
Attraction
Covered in
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune
Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
The map

Locating Grotte du Chien

Grotte du Chien is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Chamalières. · commune boundary: IGN

Towns near it

The towns around Grotte du Chien

Home to 146,351 people, Clermont-Ferrand is the largest of these 8. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

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  1. 1Chamalières
  2. 2Royat
  3. 3Beaumont
  4. 4Ceyrat
  5. 5Clermont-Ferrand
  6. 6Orcines
  7. 7Aubière
  8. 8Romagnat
1 · It’s in this commune

Chamalières

17,509 people

2 · 1.1 km southwest of it

Royat

4,479 people

3 · 3 km southeast of it

Beaumont

10,728 people

4 · 3.1 km south of it

Ceyrat

6,592 people

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere Grotte du Chien isPeople
ChamalièresIt’s in this commune17,509
Royat1.1 km southwest of it4,479
Beaumont3 km southeast of it10,728
Ceyrat3.1 km south of it6,592
Clermont-Ferrand3.3 km northeast of it146,351
Orcines3.6 km northwest of it3,609
Aubière4.6 km southeast of it10,459
Romagnat5.3 km southeast of it7,894
Make a day of it

Also within reach

There are 107 within 15 km, 2 attractions, 2 museums and a church among them.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions about Grotte du Chien

Where is Grotte du Chien?

Grotte du Chien is in Chamalières, in Puy-de-Dôme (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes).

What is Grotte du Chien?

Attraction.

How well known is Grotte du Chien?

Grotte du Chien has 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #5,252 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Grotte du Chien?

May to October are the warmest months in Chamalières, with afternoon highs of 18–27°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Grotte du Chien?

Within 15 km: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Clermont-Ferrand (2.3 km), Puy de Dôme (7.6 km), Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Port (2.6 km) and L'Aventure Michelin (4.3 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (4)

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.