Chalamont travel guide
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Visit Chalamont: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chalamont is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 24 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Chalamont is 382 km from Paris and 603 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Perouges at 10 km from Chalamont
Popular places to visit near Chalamont: these include Perouges at 10 km and Dombes at 13 km.
Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 10km and Saint-Vulbas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chalamont: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chalamont, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chalamont
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chalamont.
Note that all distances from Chalamont shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chalamont holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chalamont (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 Ain 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 Chalamont and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (34km) : Parc du château de Laye (36km) : Parc de Gerland (37km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (38km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (24km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (10km) : Oingt (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (37km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (20km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (22km) : Vonnas (28km) : Ecully (39km) : Morestel (43km) : Macon (43km) : Chaponnay (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (31km) : Cremieu (31km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Chalamont & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chalamont
Canton: Chalamont
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01320
Distance to Chalamont
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 24 km
from Paris: 382 km
from Calais: 603 km
from Nice: 304 km
from Bordeaux: 467 km
from Strasbourg: 347 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chalamont): Chatenay, Crans, Joyeux and Versailleux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chalamont from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chalamont