Les Martres de Veyre located in south of Auvergne between Clermont ferrand and Issoire served by A75 ( connect to Montpellier or Paris ), and by the railway station. The village counts approximately 4 000 residents.
Several solutions to come here :
By train : Departure railway station from Clermont Ferrand, you need 15 - 20 mn to come.
By plane : Arrival to Aulnat, and go to clermont ferrand by taxis, bus
By car : take the highway A75 to Montpellier, exit number 4
When you come to Les Martres de Veyre, which strikes, it's the " flower town ", a wonderful park with games for children, in the center of the village. You'll be very surprised to see that.
Many work of refittings of the roadway system was done, the commercial principal street was entirely remade more than three years ago.
All is made, to have a pleasant village to live, by proposing a multitude of services, near Clermont Ferrand ( about 25 km ), with a lot of possibilities to go by train, car, bus etc...
We have the river Allier which crosses our land, and you'll can see in files by pictures, in 2003, an important innondation
If you come during winter, you'll be able to ski in Super Besse ( 45 mn from Les Martres de Veyre ), or Le Mont Dore ( 50 mn ), or Le Lioran ( 1h25 )
Some datas about Les Martres de Veyre :
Population ( 1999 ) : 3 911 residents
Surface : 9,28 km²
Residents name : Martrois, martroises
One of the curiosity, are the spring waters named Saladis, which salt water give therapeutic properties concerning ailment skins.
The tradition here, it's the asparagus festival on Ascension day.