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L'Aventure Michelin
Michelin's flagship museum in its home town of Clermont-Ferrand, tracing 130+ years of tyres, guides and mobility - from early aeroplanes to the rail-riding Michelines and modern motorsport.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Rhône-Alpes, France · Europe
Thiers sits on the route: 10 minutes from Escoutoux, 46km from Puy de Dome.
Thiers is a town located in Rhône-Alpes, France. With a population of 13,739, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Thiers sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Thiers to your route.
Thiers (French pronunciation: [tjɛːʁ] ; Auvergnat: Tièrn) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department of Auvergne in central France. With Ambert, Issoire and Riom, it is one of the department's four sub-prefectures. The district of Thiers consists of forty-three municipalities in six cantons. Its inhabitants are knownRead more
as Thiernois or Bitords.
Thiers is a major historical centre of knife manufacturing, with about one hundred companies and a cutlery museum; seventy percent of French pocketknives, kitchen and table knives are manufactured in Thiers. The knowledge and craft of the Thiernois cutlers are over seven centuries old, and many of the old watermills that were used to manufacture Thiernois knives can still be seen in the Vallée des Rouets.
The city extends over 7 kilometres (4+1⁄4 miles) on a rocky spur overhanging the nearby mountains and the villages. It is divided into two sections: the lower city (home to many hypermarkets) and the upper, medieval city.
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Thiers is located in Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe. The coordinates are 45.8565 latitude, 3.5476 longitude.
Thiers has a population of approximately 13,739 people, making it a town in France.
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museum
Michelin's flagship museum in its home town of Clermont-Ferrand, tracing 130+ years of tyres, guides and mobility - from early aeroplanes to the rail-riding Michelines and modern motorsport.
35 km · about 40 min drive
racetrack
Spectacular circuit wrapped around extinct volcanoes near Clermont-Ferrand, once dubbed the 'French Nurburgring'; its full 8 km lap hosted the French Grand Prix four times in the 1960s and 70s.
43 km · about 50 min drive
historic highway
The legendary 'Route des Vacances' from Paris to the Riviera, immortalised in song by Charles Trenet. Lapalisse, pinned here, still celebrates the N7's golden age with a retro traffic-jam festival.
44 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
A dormant volcanic dome rising to 1,465 meters in the Chaine des Puys, offering sweeping views over 80 volcanic cones in the Auvergne.
46 km · about 55 min drive
photogenic
Cliff-edge viewpoint behind Queuille's village church over an almost-closed loop of the Sioule river wrapped around a forested peninsula: an Auvergne panorama that stays remarkably crowd-free.
56 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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