Chatelus travel guide
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Visit Chatelus: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chatelus is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 17 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Chatelus is 396 km from Paris and 626 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 19 km from Chatelus
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 4km and Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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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 hotels in and near to Chatelus (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 Chatelus and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (34km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (36km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (43km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (29km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (33km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (11km) : Ecully (31km) : Chaponnay (37km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (17km) : Vienne (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (4km) : Trevoux (45km) :
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: 17 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!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
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