General information
Clermont-Ferrand’s geographical situation, where the north/south (Paris/Barcelona) and east/west (Lyon/Bordeaux) motorways cross, is without doubt a key factor in the development of new activities and in welcoming new businesses.
A strategic crossroads:
Clermont-Ferrand is:
- an ideal economic, cultural and physical meeting point,
- connected by motorway to Paris, Lyon, Milan, Geneva, Montpellier, Barcelona, Madrid, and soon Bordeaux,
- three hours from Paris by train,
- an international airport with daily flights to around thirty French and European destinations
Journey times from Clermont-Ferrand
|
Train
|
Car
|
Plane
|
|
|
Paris
|
3:10
|
4:00
|
0:50
|
|
Lyon
|
2:39
|
2:00
|
0:40
|
|
Limoges
|
3:25
|
2:30
|
0:35
|
|
Bordeaux
|
5:43
|
5:00
|
0:50
|
|
Toulouse
|
6:02
|
4:00
|
0:50
|
|
Marseille
|
5:52
|
4:40
|
0:50
|
|
Geneva
|
4:53
|
3:40
|
0:45
|
|
Mulhouse
|
7:06
|
5:40
|
1:05
|
|
Milan
|
8:39
|
6:20
|
1:00
|
Distance (in kilometres) from Clermont-Ferrand
|
Amiens 524
|
Lyon 173
|
Poitiers 278
|
|
Bayonne 543
|
Le Mans 404
|
Reims 562
|
|
Biarritz 555
|
Marseille 410
|
Rennes 558
|
|
Bordeaux 359
|
Metz 516
|
Rouen 515
|
|
Brest 752
|
Montpellier 351
|
St-Etienne 147
|
|
Caen 555
|
Mulhouse 461
|
Strasbourg 564
|
|
Calais 672
|
Nancy 479
|
Toulon 475
|
|
Dijon 268
|
Nantes 460
|
Toulouse 379
|
|
Grenoble 286
|
Nice 570
|
Tours 335
|
|
Le Havre 582
|
Orleans 301
|
Lille 645
|
|
Limoges 175
|
Perpignan 452
|
Paris 395
|
Distance to European cities
|
Amsterdam 890
|
Budapest 1618
|
Milan 627
|
|
Athens 2750
|
Dublin 1240
|
Munich 923
|
|
Barcelona 644
|
Edinburgh 1407
|
Oslo 2147
|
|
Belgrade 1632
|
Helsinki 2461
|
Prague 1165
|
|
Bern 479
|
Lisbon 1568
|
Rome 1155
|
|
Berlin 1316
|
London 800
|
Sofia 2018
|
|
Brussels 694
|
Luxembourg 608
|
Stockholm 2194
|
|
Bucharest 1891
|
Madrid 1097
|
Vienna 1375
|
