Foissiat travel guide
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Visit Foissiat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Foissiat is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 19 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Foissiat is 348 km from Paris and 564 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourg-en-Bresse at 19 km from Foissiat
Popular places to visit near Foissiat: these include Bourg-en-Bresse at 19 km and Macon at 28 km.
Brou Royal Monastery is a listed 'national monument' at 19km and Vonnas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Foissiat: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Foissiat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Foissiat
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Foissiat.
Note that all distances from Foissiat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Foissiat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Foissiat (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 Ain 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 Foissiat and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (49km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (19km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (30km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (39km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (40km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vonnas (22km) : Macon (28km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (33km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Foissiat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Foissiat
Canton: Montrevel-en-Bresse
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01340
Distance to Foissiat
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 19 km
from Paris: 348 km
from Calais: 564 km
from Nice: 339 km
from Bordeaux: 479 km
from Strasbourg: 313 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Foissiat): Etrez, Jayat, Lescheroux, Malafretaz, Mantenay-Montlin, Montrevel-en-Bresse and Saint-Julien-sur-Reyssouze.
Getting here
For driving distances to Foissiat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Foissiat