Menat (French pronunciation: [məna]) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Its neighboring municipalities are Saint-Éloy-les-Mines, Youx, Moureuille, Servant, Pouzol, Neuf-Église, Ayat-sur-Sioule, and Saint-Rémy-de-Blot.

The pâté aux pommes de terre and, the "pain des Combrailles" are specialties of the region.

A dedicated museum was inaugurated in 1980 and housed in the former abbey castle (now town hall).

Paleocene bird fossils have been discovered in Menat, including Halcyornithidae, Messelasturidae, and relatives of Songziidae.