Brignais travel guide
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Visit Brignais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brignais is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 12 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Brignais is 398 km from Paris and 624 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lyon at 12 km from Brignais
Popular places to visit near Brignais: these include Lyon at 12 km and Vienne at 19 km.
Ecully is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km and Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Brignais: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Brignais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brignais
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brignais.
Note that all distances from Brignais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brignais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brignais (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 Rhone 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 Brignais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (12km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (14km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (31km) : Parc du château de Laye (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (33km) : Perouges (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (11km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (12km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (11km) : Chaponnay (15km) : Saint-Galmier (35km) : Saint-Vulbas (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (12km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (19km) : Saint-Etienne (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (23km) : Trevoux (30km) : Cremieu (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Brignais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brignais
Canton: Saint-Genis-Laval
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69530
Distance to Brignais
from Lyon: 12 km
from Paris: 398 km
from Calais: 624 km
from Nice: 296 km
from Bordeaux: 427 km
from Strasbourg: 395 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brignais): Brindas, Chaponost, Charly, Irigny, La Mulatiere, Millery, Montagny, Orlienas, Oullins, Pierre-Benite, Saint-Genis-Laval, Saint-Laurent-d'Agny, Serezin-du-Rhone, Soucieu-en-Jarrest, Taluyers, Vernaison and Vourles.
Getting here
For driving distances to Brignais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brignais