Arthun travel guide
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Visit Arthun: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Arthun is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 45 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Arthun is 366 km from Paris and 598 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 34 km from Arthun
Popular places to visit near Arthun: these include Ambert at 34 km and Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 34 km.
Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 30km and Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 31km. 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 Arthun, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Arthun
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Arthun.
Note that all distances from Arthun shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Arthun holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Arthun (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 Arthun and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (43km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (43km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (34km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (36km) : Charlieu (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Arthun & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Arthun
Canton: Boën
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42130
Distance to Arthun
from Saint-Etienne: 45 km
from Paris: 366 km
from Calais: 598 km
from Nice: 344 km
from Bordeaux: 375 km
from Strasbourg: 420 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Arthun): Boen, Bussy-Albieux, Cezay, Leigneux, Nollieux, Sail-sous-Couzan, Saint-Etienne-le-Molard, Saint-Sixte and Trelins.
Getting here
For driving distances to Arthun from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Arthun