Fourneaux travel guide
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Visit Fourneaux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fourneaux is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 55 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Fourneaux is 355 km from Paris and 585 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Oingt at 24 km from Fourneaux
Popular places to visit near Fourneaux: these include Oingt at 24 km and Bagnols at 26 km.
Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 24km and Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 26km. 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 Fourneaux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fourneaux
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fourneaux.
Note that all distances from Fourneaux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fourneaux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fourneaux (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 Fourneaux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (33km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (34km) : Parc du château de Laye (38km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (41km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (44km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (46km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (49km) : Parc de Gerland (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (24km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (26km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (46km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (46km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (48km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (49km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (39km) : Ecully (43km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (26km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (37km) : Trevoux (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Fourneaux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fourneaux
Canton: Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42470
Distance to Fourneaux
from Saint-Etienne: 55 km
from Paris: 355 km
from Calais: 585 km
from Nice: 343 km
from Bordeaux: 397 km
from Strasbourg: 394 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fourneaux): Amplepuis, Chirassimont, Croizet-sur-Gand, Lay, Machezal, Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges, Saint-Just-la-Pendue and Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay.
Getting here
For driving distances to Fourneaux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fourneaux