Cottance travel guide
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Visit Cottance: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cottance 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: Cottance is 371 km from Paris and 601 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Eveux at 25 km from Cottance
Popular places to visit near Cottance: these include Eveux at 25 km and Oingt at 28 km.
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 22km and Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 23km. 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 Cottance, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cottance
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cottance.
Note that all distances from Cottance shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cottance holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cottance (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 Cottance and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (35km) : Parc de Gerland (42km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (43km) : Parc du château de Laye (44km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (41km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (42km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (42km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (23km) : Ecully (37km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (22km) : Trevoux (40km) : Charlieu (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Cottance & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cottance
Canton: Feurs
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42360
Distance to Cottance
from Saint-Etienne: 38 km
from Paris: 371 km
from Calais: 601 km
from Nice: 330 km
from Bordeaux: 396 km
from Strasbourg: 405 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 Cottance): Bussieres, Chambost-Longessaigne, Civens, Essertines-en-Donzy, Feurs, Jas, Montchal, Neronde, Panissieres, Pouilly-les-Feurs, Rozier-en-Donzy, Sainte-Agathe-en-Donzy and Salvizinet.
Getting here
For driving distances to Cottance from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cottance