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Visit Chatillon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chatillon is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 19 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Chatillon is 374 km from Paris and 600 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bagnols at 5 km from Chatillon
Popular places to visit near Chatillon: these include Bagnols at 5 km and Eveux at 7 km.
Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 9km. 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 Chatillon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chatillon
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chatillon.
Note that all distances from Chatillon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chatillon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chatillon (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 Rhone 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 Chatillon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (8km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (19km) : Parc de Gerland (20km) : Parc du château de Laye (22km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (9km) : Perouges (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (20km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (36km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (15km) : Chaponnay (36km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (36km) : Saint-Galmier (41km) : Vonnas (46km) : Macon (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (20km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (12km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (31km) : Charlieu (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Chatillon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châtillon
Canton: Bois-d'Oingt
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69380
Distance to Chatillon
from Lyon: 19 km
from Paris: 374 km
from Calais: 600 km
from Nice: 318 km
from Bordeaux: 424 km
from Strasbourg: 381 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 23 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chatillon): Alix, Bagnols, Bully, Charnay, Chazay-d'Azergues, Chessy, Civrieux-d'Azergues, Dommartin, Eveux, Fleurieux-sur-l'Arbresle, Frontenas, Lachassagne, Le Bois-d'Oingt, Le Breuil, Legny, Lozanne, Lucenay, Marcy, Moire, Morance, Nuelles, Saint-Germain-sur-l'Arbresle and Saint-Jean-Des-Vignes.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chatillon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chatillon