Boen travel guide
Visit Boen: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 30 km from Boen
Location: Boen 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: Boen is 368 km from Paris and 600 km from the port at Calais).
Market days in Boen: weekly market: Thursday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
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 27 km and Saint-Galmier is a listed recommended detour at 29 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Boen
- Boen: market every Thursday (0km)
- Montbrison: market every Saturday (16km)
- Balbigny: market every Monday (16km)
- Feurs: market every Tuesday (17km)
- Noiretable: market every Saturday (21km)
- Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (21km)
- Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (27km)
- Veauche: market every Wednesday (29km)
- Saint-Galmier: market every Monday (30km)
- Ambert: market every Thursday (30km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Boen map below.
National Monument Aulteribe Chateau (40km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Galmier (29km); Ambert (30km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (37km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (37km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (39km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Thiers (38km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (27km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (44km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (30km)
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 (local prefecture): 45 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!
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