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Visit Birieux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Birieux is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 32 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Birieux is 381 km from Paris and 603 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Dombes at 6 km from Birieux
Popular places to visit near Birieux: these include Dombes at 6 km and Perouges at 12 km.
Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 12km and Trevoux is a listed 'recommended detour' at 20km. 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 Birieux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Birieux
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Birieux.
Note that all distances from Birieux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Birieux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Birieux (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 Ain 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 Birieux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (24km) : Parc de Gerland (26km) : Parc du château de Laye (27km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (27km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (12km) : Oingt (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (26km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (20km) : Saint-Vulbas (24km) : Ecully (28km) : Vonnas (30km) : Chaponnay (37km) : Macon (42km) : Morestel (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (26km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (20km) : Cremieu (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Birieux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Birieux
Canton: Villars-les-Dombes
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01330
Distance to Birieux
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 32 km
from Paris: 381 km
from Calais: 603 km
from Nice: 306 km
from Bordeaux: 456 km
from Strasbourg: 357 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 Birieux): Dombes, Joyeux, Lapeyrouse, Le Montellier, Saint-Marcel and Versailleux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Birieux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Birieux