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Visit Charlieu: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Charlieu is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 80 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Charlieu is 330 km from Paris and 559 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 13 km from Charlieu

Popular places to visit near Charlieu: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 13 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 20 km.

Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Charlieu: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Charlieu, France

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

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

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

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 Charlieu and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Zéphyr (17km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (19km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (20km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (20km) : Parc du château de Laye (44km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (44km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (46km) :
2. Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (13km) : Oingt (39km) :
3. Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (4km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (13km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (20km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (24km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (30km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (38km) :
4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (33km) :
5. Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (42km) :
6. Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (45km) :

Map of places to visit near Charlieu & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Charlieu

Canton: Charlieu

Arrondissement: Roanne

Department: Loire

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 42190

Distance to Charlieu

from Saint-Etienne: 80 km

from Paris: 330 km

from Calais: 559 km

from Nice: 366 km

from Bordeaux: 398 km

from Strasbourg: 381 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 Charlieu): Chandon, Fleury-la-Montagne, Jarnosse, Maizilly, Mars, Pouilly-sous-Charlieu, Saint-Denis-de-Cabanne, Saint-Edmond, Saint-Hilaire-sous-Charlieu, Saint-Martin-de-Lixy, Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu, Saint-Pierre-la-Noaille, Villers and Vougy.

Getting here

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

This page in French: Visitez Charlieu