Briennon travel guide
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Visit Briennon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Briennon is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 81 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Briennon is 328 km from Paris and 559 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 13 km from Briennon
Popular places to visit near Briennon: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 13 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 19 km.
Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km. 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 Briennon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Briennon
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Briennon.
Note that all distances from Briennon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Briennon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Briennon (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 Briennon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Chaumont (21km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (22km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (23km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (25km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (13km) : Oingt (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (3km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (6km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (13km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (19km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (26km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (27km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (7km) : Lapalisse (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Briennon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Briennon
Canton: Roanne-Nord
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42720
Distance to Briennon
from Saint-Etienne: 81 km
from Paris: 328 km
from Calais: 559 km
from Nice: 370 km
from Bordeaux: 392 km
from Strasbourg: 386 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Briennon): Iguerande, La Benisson-Dieu, Nandax, Noailly, Pouilly-sous-Charlieu, Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu, Saint-Pierre-la-Noaille and Vougy.
Getting here
For driving distances to Briennon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Briennon