Boen travel guide
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Visit Boen: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Boen 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: Boen is 368 km from Paris and 600 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 30 km from Boen
Popular places to visit near Boen: these include Ambert at 30 km and Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 31 km.
Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 27km and Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' 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 Boen, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Boen
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Boen.
Note that all distances from Boen shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Boen holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Boen (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 Boen and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (39km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (47km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (30km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (37km) : Charlieu (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Boen & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Boën
Canton: Boën
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42130
Distance to Boen
from Saint-Etienne: 44 km
from Paris: 368 km
from Calais: 600 km
from Nice: 343 km
from Bordeaux: 372 km
from Strasbourg: 424 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Boen): Arthun, Bussy-Albieux, Debats-Riviere-d'Orpra, Leigneux, Marcilly-le-Chatel, Marcoux, Montverdun, Sail-sous-Couzan, Saint-Georges-en-Couzan, Saint-Sixte and Trelins.
Getting here
For driving distances to Boen from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Boen