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Château · Anzat-le-Luguet · Puy-de-Dôme

Tour de Besse

One of the places to visit in Anzat-le-Luguet is Tour de Besse, a château. Since 2005 it has been a registered historic monument (inscrit). A short trip away is Parc animalier d'Auvergne, 7.8 km off, the first of 17 within 15 km.

Where
In Anzat-le-Luguet
inside the commune
Historic monument
2005
Registered historic monument (inscrit)
How well known
Top 15%
#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Sep
highs of 17–21°C
In brief

Château in Anzat-le-Luguet

In Anzat-le-Luguet

Tour de Besse is in the commune of Anzat-le-Luguet. Towns near it ↓

Registered historic monument (inscrit)

Protected as a historic monument since 2005; built in the 12th and 13th centuries (Mérimée record PA63000077). About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Seasons in Anzat-le-Luguet

Afternoons in Anzat-le-Luguet reach 17–21°C from June to September.

Jan4° / -3°89 mm
Feb4° / -3°76 mm
Mar8° / -1°82 mm
Apr11° / 2°100 mm
May15° / 5°109 mm
Jun19° / 8°95 mm
Jul21° / 10°96 mm
Aug21° / 10°93 mm
Sep17° / 7°107 mm
Oct13° / 5°105 mm
Nov8° / 1°115 mm
Dec5° / -2°108 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Anzat-le-Luguet, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Marcenat station, 16 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Anzat-le-Luguet’s full climate →
About

Tour de Besse

Type
Château
Protection
Registered historic monument (inscrit) · 2005
Built
12th and 13th centuries
Covered in
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune
Anzat-le-Luguet, Puy-de-Dôme
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
The map

Getting to Tour de Besse

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Tour de Besse is the orange one.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Anzat-le-Luguet. · commune boundary: IGN

Towns near it

Towns that list Tour de Besse

Among the 3, Brassac-les-Mines is the biggest, home to 3,412 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

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  1. 1Anzat-le-Luguet
  2. 2Sainte-Florine
  3. 3Brassac-les-Mines
1 · It’s in this commune

Anzat-le-Luguet

167 people

2 · 21 km east of it

Sainte-Florine

3,283 people

3 · 23 km northeast of it

Brassac-les-Mines

3,412 people

Compare the 3 towns
TownWhere Tour de Besse isPeople
Anzat-le-LuguetIt’s in this commune167
Sainte-Florine21 km east of it3,283
Brassac-les-Mines23 km northeast of it3,412
Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Choose from 17 places within 15 km, such as 5 châteaux, a zoo and a church.

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

Tour de Besse in questions

Where is Tour de Besse?

Tour de Besse is in Anzat-le-Luguet, in Puy-de-Dôme (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes).

What is Tour de Besse?

Château.

Is Tour de Besse a historic monument?

Yes: Registered historic monument (inscrit), since 2005, Mérimée record PA63000077.

How well known is Tour de Besse?

Tour de Besse 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 Tour de Besse?

June to September are the warmest months in Anzat-le-Luguet, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Tour de Besse?

Within 15 km: Parc animalier d'Auvergne (7.8 km), Château de Mercœur (8.8 km), Église Saint-Sébastien de Bousselargues (9.3 km) and Motte castrale de Brion (12 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).

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.