Bellegarde-en-Forez travel guide
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Visit Bellegarde-en-Forez: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bellegarde-en-Forez is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 23 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Bellegarde-en-Forez is 386 km from Paris and 617 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 25 km from Bellegarde-en-Forez
Popular places to visit near Bellegarde-en-Forez: these include Saint-Etienne at 25 km and Eveux at 32 km.
Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 6km and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bellegarde-en-Forez, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bellegarde-en-Forez
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bellegarde-en-Forez.
Note that all distances from Bellegarde-en-Forez shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bellegarde-en-Forez holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bellegarde-en-Forez (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 Bellegarde-en-Forez and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (40km) : Parc de Gerland (44km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (45km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (42km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (43km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (6km) : Ecully (40km) : Chaponnay (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (23km) : Vienne (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (12km) : Ambert (45km) : Trevoux (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Bellegarde-en-Forez & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bellegarde-en-Forez
Canton: Saint-Galmier
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42210
Distance to Bellegarde-en-Forez
from Saint-Etienne: 23 km
from Paris: 386 km
from Calais: 617 km
from Nice: 319 km
from Bordeaux: 392 km
from Strasbourg: 418 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bellegarde-en-Forez): Cuzieu, Maringes, Montrond-les-Bains, Saint-Andre-le-Puy, Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes, Saint-Medard-en-Forez, Unias, Viricelles and Virigneux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Bellegarde-en-Forez from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bellegarde-en-Forez