Chalmazel travel guide
Visit Chalmazel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 19 km from Chalmazel
Location: Chalmazel is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 51 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Chalmazel is 368 km from Paris and 602 km from the port at Calais).
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 19 km and Col des Pradeaux is a listed site of natural beauty at 20 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Chalmazel
- Boen: market every Thursday (13km)
- Noiretable: market every Saturday (14km)
- Ambert: market every Thursday (19km)
- Montbrison: market every Saturday (20km)
- Courpiere: market every Tuesday (25km)
- Saint-Remy-sur-Durolle: market every Sunday (29km)
- Balbigny: market every Monday (29km)
- Feurs: market every Tuesday (29km)
- Thiers: market every Thursday & Saturday (29km)
- Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (30km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Chalmazel map below.
Most Beautiful Village Usson (44km)
National Monument Aulteribe Chateau (28km)
Recommended Detour Ambert (19km); Saint-Galmier (38km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (25km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (49km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (35km); Parc du domaine royal de Randan (52km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Thiers (29km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (20km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (38km)
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 (local prefecture): 51 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!
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