Chatelneuf travel guide
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Visit Chatelneuf: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chatelneuf is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 38 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Chatelneuf is 378 km from Paris and 611 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 21 km from Chatelneuf
Popular places to visit near Chatelneuf: these include Ambert at 21 km and Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 30 km.
Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 17km and Ambert is a listed 'recommended detour' at 21km. 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 Chatelneuf, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chatelneuf
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chatelneuf.
Note that all distances from Chatelneuf shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chatelneuf holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chatelneuf (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 Chatelneuf and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (28km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (21km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Chatelneuf & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châtelneuf
Canton: Saint-Georges-en-Couzan
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42940
Distance to Chatelneuf
from Saint-Etienne: 38 km
from Paris: 378 km
from Calais: 611 km
from Nice: 337 km
from Bordeaux: 368 km
from Strasbourg: 434 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chatelneuf): Bard, Champdieu, Ecotay-l'Olme, Essertines-en-Chatelneuf, Lerigneux, Pralong, Roche and Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chatelneuf from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chatelneuf