Charlieu travel guide
Visit Charlieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 13 km from Charlieu
Location: Charlieu is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 82 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Charlieu is 330 km from Paris and 559 km from the port at Calais).
Tourist classifications for Charlieu: Recommended detour town (fr: plus beau détour);
Market days in Charlieu: weekly market: Wednesday & Saturday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Charlieu: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 13 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 20 km. Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) is a listed religious monument at 0 km and Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) is a listed religious monument at 4 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 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.
Charlieu 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 Charlieu
- Charlieu: market every Wednesday & Saturday (0km)
- Cours-la-Ville: market every Wednesday & Saturday & Monday (13km)
- Chauffailles: market every Friday (14km)
- Roanne: market every Sunday & Friday (15km)
- Marcigny: market every Monday (16km)
- Le Coteau: market every Wednesday (16km)
- La Clayette: market every Tuesday (18km)
- Amplepuis: market every Tuesday (25km)
- Charolles: market every Wednesday (31km)
- Beaujeu: market every Wednesday (32km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Charlieu map below.
Most Beautiful Village Semur-en-Brionnais (13km); Oingt (39km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (0km); Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (4km); Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (9km); Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (13km); Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (20km); Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (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); Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (43km); Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (46km); Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (49km); Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (49km)
Remarkable Garden Le jardin de Zéphyr (17km); Jardin du château de Chaumont (19km); Les Jardins du château de Drée (20km); Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (20km); Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (46km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Cluny (49km)
Town Of Art And History Paray-le-Monial (33km)
Village D'etape Charolles (31km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Paray-le-Monial (33km)
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 (local prefecture): 82 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!
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