Firminy travel guide
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Visit Firminy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Firminy is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 11 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Firminy is 412 km from Paris and 644 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 10 km from Firminy
Popular places to visit near Firminy: these include Saint-Etienne at 10 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 14 km.
Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km and Perdrix Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Firminy: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Firminy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Firminy
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Firminy.
Note that all distances from Firminy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Firminy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Firminy (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 Firminy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (27km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (11km) : Vienne (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (30km) : Ambert (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Firminy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Firminy
Canton: Firminy
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42700
Distance to Firminy
from Saint-Etienne: 11 km
from Paris: 412 km
from Calais: 644 km
from Nice: 302 km
from Bordeaux: 386 km
from Strasbourg: 442 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Firminy): Aurec-sur-Loire, Caloire, Fraisses, Le Chambon-Feugerolles, Pont-Salomon, Roche-la-Moliere, Saint-Ferreol-d'Auroure, Saint-Just-Malmont, Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon and Unieux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Firminy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Firminy