Chalmazel travel guide

Chalmazel photo, taken in Livradois-Forez Regional Park France

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Visit Chalmazel: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Chalmazel is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 50 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Chalmazel is 368 km from Paris and 602 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 19 km from Chalmazel

Popular places to visit near Chalmazel: these include Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 19 km and Ambert at 19 km.

Ambert is a listed 'recommended detour' at 19km and Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km. 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 Chalmazel, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chalmazel

photo of Ambert
Ambert 19km
photo of Thiers
Thiers 29km
photo of Usson
Usson 44km

See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chalmazel.

Note that all distances from Chalmazel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Chalmazel holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chalmazel (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 Chalmazel and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (35km) :
  2. National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (28km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Usson (44km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (49km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (38km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (19km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (48km) :

Map of places to visit near Chalmazel & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Chalmazel

Canton: Saint-Georges-en-Couzan

Arrondissement: Montbrison

Department: Loire

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 42920

Distance to Chalmazel

from Saint-Etienne: 50 km

from Paris: 368 km

from Calais: 602 km

from Nice: 350 km

from Bordeaux: 359 km

from Strasbourg: 435 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 Chalmazel): Jeansagniere, Palogneux, Saint-Just-en-Bas and Sauvain.

Getting here

For driving distances to Chalmazel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Chalmazel