Gergovie

Gergovie is a battlefield in La Roche-Blanche, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Gergovie is situated nearby to Archeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, as well as near the archaeological site Porte Sud.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oppidum de Gergovie and Archeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia.

Oppidum de Gergovie

Archaeological site

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Oppidum de Gergovie is an archaeological site, which is situated 130 metres north of Gergovie.

Archeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia

Museum

Photo: Musée de Gergovie, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Archeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia is situated 330 metres southeast of Gergovie.

The Gergovie Monument or Memorial to Vercingetorix is a monument by the Clermontois architect Jean Teillard built in 1900 on the eastern edge of the Gergovie plateau, a few kilometers south of Clermont-Ferrand in the French departement of Puy-de-Dôme in Auvergne. Gergovie Monument is situated 300 metres east of Gergovie.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gergovie plateau and Gergovie.

Gergovie plateau

Locality

The Gergovie plateau is a plateau of the Massif Central located 10 km to the south of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France and is named after the nearby village of Gergovie.

Gergovie

Hamlet

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Gergovie is a French village in the commune of La Roche-Blanche in the Puy-de-Dôme département, a few kilometres south of Clermont-Ferrand. It is situated at the foot of the Gergovie plateau, the official but disputed site of the Battle of Gergovia, where…

Aubière

Town

Photo: Peyot, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Aubière is a commune located in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeast France. As of 2023 its population was 10,459. Aubière is situated 3½ km north of Gergovie.

Gergovie

Type: Battlefield
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: La Roche-Blanche, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude

45.72092° or 45° 43′ 15″ north

Longitude

3.12301° or 3° 7′ 23″ east

Open location code

8FQ5P4CF+96

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2298906356

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=battlefield

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