Cognin travel guide
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Visit Cognin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cognin is situated in the Savoie department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 3 km from Chambery, the department capital. (General information: Cognin is 454 km from Paris and 670 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chambery at 4 km from Cognin
Popular places to visit near Cognin: these include Chambery at 4 km and Aix-les-Bains at 15 km.
Chambery is a listed 'town of art and history' at 4km and Nances is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Cognin: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Cognin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cognin
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cognin.
Note that all distances from Cognin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cognin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cognin (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 Savoie 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 Cognin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du Prieuré (11km) : Parc du château du Touvet (22km) : Jardin du musée Hébert (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nances (8km) : Aix-les-Bains (15km) : Morestel (35km) : Annecy (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chambery (4km) : Albertville (42km) : Grenoble (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Cognin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cognin
Canton: Cognin
Arrondissement: Chambéry
Department: Savoie
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 73160
Distance to Cognin
from Chambery: 3 km
from Paris: 454 km
from Calais: 670 km
from Nice: 233 km
from Bordeaux: 513 km
from Strasbourg: 365 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cognin): Apremont, Barberaz, Bassens, Chambery, Jacob-Bellecombette, La Motte-Servolex, La Ravoire, Montagnole, Saint-Alban-Leysse, Saint-Baldoph, Saint-Cassin, Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz, Verel-Pragondran and Vimines.
Getting here
For driving distances to Cognin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cognin