Chagnon travel guide
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Visit Chagnon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chagnon is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 15 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Chagnon is 405 km from Paris and 634 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pelussin at 16 km from Chagnon
Popular places to visit near Chagnon: these include Pelussin at 16 km and Saint-Etienne at 17 km.
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 13km and Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 15km. 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 Chagnon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chagnon
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chagnon.
Note that all distances from Chagnon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chagnon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chagnon (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 Chagnon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (34km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (36km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (22km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (32km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (19km) : Chaponnay (31km) : Ecully (32km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (15km) : Vienne (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (13km) : Trevoux (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Chagnon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chagnon
Canton: Grand-Croix
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42800
Distance to Chagnon
from Saint-Etienne: 15 km
from Paris: 405 km
from Calais: 634 km
from Nice: 296 km
from Bordeaux: 409 km
from Strasbourg: 417 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chagnon): Cellieu, Farnay, Genilac, La Grand-Croix, Lorette, Marcenod, Rive-de-Gier, Saint-Christo-en-Jarez, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Martin-la-Plaine, Saint-Maurice-sur-Dargoire, Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, Saint-Romain-en-Jarez and Valfleury.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chagnon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chagnon