Chatelus travel guide
Visit Chatelus: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 19 km from Chatelus
Location: Chatelus is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 19 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Chatelus is 396 km from Paris and 626 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Chatelus: these include Saint-Etienne at 19 km and Pelussin at 26 km. Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed recommended detour at 4 km and Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine is a listed zoo or wildlife park at 11 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 Chatelus, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chatelus
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chatelus.
Note that all distances from Chatelus shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chatelus 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 Chatelus
- Chazelles-sur-Lyon: market every Friday (7km)
- Saint-Galmier: market every Monday (11km)
- La Talaudiere: market every Tuesday & Saturday (13km)
- La Grand-Croix: market every Monday (13km)
- Rive-de-Gier: market every Tuesday & Friday (13km)
- Saint-Chamond: market every Tuesday & Thursday (14km)
- Veauche: market every Wednesday (15km)
- Mornant: market every Friday (17km)
- Saint-Etienne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday all day & Thursday all day & Sunday all day & Saturday & Monday & Friday (17km)
- Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (18km)
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 Chatelus and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Chatelus map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (31km)
Heritage Site Historic Lyon (34km)
Most Beautiful Village Oingt (40km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (4km); Saint-Galmier (11km); Trevoux (45km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (24km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (33km); Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (34km)
Remarkable Garden Parc de Gerland (34km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (36km); Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (43km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Lyon (35km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Perdrix Crest (25km); Oeillon Crest (25km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (17km); Vienne (33km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (11km); Ecully (31km); Chaponnay (37km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (11km); Parc animalier de Courzieu (20km); Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon (36km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (36km)
Map of places to visit near Chatelus & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châtelus
Canton: Chazelles-sur-Lyon
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42140
Distance to Chatelus
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 19 km
from Paris: 396 km
from Calais: 626 km
from Nice: 306 km
from Bordeaux: 404 km
from Strasbourg: 415 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chatelus): Chazelles-sur-Lyon, Chevrieres, Coise, Fontanes, Grammond, La Gimond, Larajasse, Marcenod, Pomeys, Saint-Christo-en-Jarez, Saint-Denis-sur-Coise, Saint-Romain-en-Jarez and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chatelus from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chatelus