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Visit Arcon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Arcon is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 73 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Arcon is 337 km from Paris and 569 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateldon at 29 km from Arcon
Popular places to visit near Arcon: these include Chateldon at 29 km and Thiers at 31 km.
Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 24km and Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) is a listed 'religious monument' at 26km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Arcon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Arcon
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Arcon.
Note that all distances from Arcon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Arcon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Arcon (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Rhone-Alpes and Loire gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Arcon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (41km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (42km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (42km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (44km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (47km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (26km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (32km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (37km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (28km) : Lapalisse (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Arcon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Arcon
Canton: Saint-Haon-le-Châtel
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42370
Distance to Arcon
from Saint-Etienne: 73 km
from Paris: 337 km
from Calais: 569 km
from Nice: 370 km
from Bordeaux: 372 km
from Strasbourg: 408 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Arcon): Cherier, Les Noes, Renaison, Saint-Alban-les-Eaux, Saint-Andre-D'Apchon and Villemontais.
Getting here
For driving distances to Arcon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Arcon