Charnoz-sur-Ain travel guide
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Visit Charnoz-sur-Ain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Charnoz-sur-Ain is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 37 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Charnoz-sur-Ain is 396 km from Paris and 617 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Perouges at 5 km from Charnoz-sur-Ain
Popular places to visit near Charnoz-sur-Ain: these include Perouges at 5 km and Cremieu at 16 km.
Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 5km and Saint-Vulbas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Charnoz-sur-Ain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Charnoz-sur-Ain
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Charnoz-sur-Ain.
Note that all distances from Charnoz-sur-Ain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Charnoz-sur-Ain holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Charnoz-sur-Ain (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 Charnoz-sur-Ain and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (30km) : Parc de Gerland (32km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (42km) : Parc du château de Laye (44km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (5km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (32km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (7km) : Morestel (29km) : Chaponnay (35km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (35km) : Ecully (36km) : Vonnas (42km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (16km) : Trevoux (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Charnoz-sur-Ain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Charnoz-sur-Ain
Canton: Meximieux
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01800
Distance to Charnoz-sur-Ain
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 37 km
from Paris: 396 km
from Calais: 617 km
from Nice: 290 km
from Bordeaux: 467 km
from Strasbourg: 357 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Charnoz-sur-Ain): Blyes, Bourg-Saint-Christophe, Chazey-sur-Ain, Leyment, Meximieux, Perouges, Saint-Jean-de-Niost, Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, Saint-Vulbas, Sainte-Julie and Villieu-Loyes-Mollon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Charnoz-sur-Ain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Charnoz-sur-Ain