Balbigny travel guide
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Visit Balbigny: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Balbigny is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 44 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Balbigny is 365 km from Paris and 596 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Eveux at 34 km from Balbigny
Popular places to visit near Balbigny: these include Eveux at 34 km and Oingt at 34 km.
Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 27km and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 30km. 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 Balbigny, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Balbigny
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Balbigny.
Note that all distances from Balbigny shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Balbigny holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Balbigny (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 Balbigny and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (42km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (38km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (27km) : Ecully (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (30km) : Charlieu (38km) : Ambert (45km) : Trevoux (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Balbigny & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Balbigny
Canton: Néronde
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42510
Distance to Balbigny
from Saint-Etienne: 44 km
from Paris: 365 km
from Calais: 596 km
from Nice: 339 km
from Bordeaux: 388 km
from Strasbourg: 409 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Balbigny): Civens, Cleppe, Epercieux-Saint-Paul, Mizerieux, Neronde, Nervieux, Pouilly-les-Feurs, Saint-Georges-de-Baroille, Saint-Marcel-de-Felines and Sainte-Foy-Saint-Sulpice.
Getting here
For driving distances to Balbigny from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Balbigny