La Gimond travel guide
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Visit La Gimond: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Gimond is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 12 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: La Gimond is 398 km from Paris and 629 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 14 km from La Gimond
Popular places to visit near La Gimond: these include Saint-Etienne at 14 km and Pelussin at 26 km.
Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 8km and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 9km. 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 La Gimond, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Gimond
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Gimond.
Note that all distances from La Gimond shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Gimond holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Gimond (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 La Gimond and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (40km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (41km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (42km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (33km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (39km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (8km) : Ecully (37km) : Chaponnay (41km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (12km) : Vienne (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (9km) :
Map of places to visit near La Gimond & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gimond
Canton: Chazelles-sur-Lyon
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42140
Distance to La Gimond
from Saint-Etienne: 12 km
from Paris: 398 km
from Calais: 629 km
from Nice: 306 km
from Bordeaux: 399 km
from Strasbourg: 421 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Gimond): Aveizieux, Chatelus, Chevrieres, Fontanes, Grammond, Marcenod, Saint-Christo-en-Jarez, Saint-Heand and Saint-Medard-en-Forez.
Getting here
For driving distances to La Gimond from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Gimond