Le Puy-en-Velay: facts

At a glance

• Country: France
• Region: Rhône-Alpes
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 22,718
• Coordinates: 45.0437° N, 3.8852° E
• Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Paris: 439 km (273 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Le Puy-Loudes Airfield (LPY): 10 km (6 mi), straight line
• Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport (CFE): 100 km (62 mi), straight line
• Aurillac airport (AUR): 116 km (72 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Yssingeaux: 22 km (14 mi)
• Cerzat: 34 km (21 mi)
• Le Chambon: 37 km (23 mi)
• Brioude: 48 km (30 mi)
• Firminy: 50 km (31 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Saint-Etienne, 59 km (36 mi)