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Visit Lavieu: Highlights and Tourist Information

Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 23 km from Lavieu

Location: Lavieu is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 30 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Lavieu is 390 km from Paris and 623 km from the port at Calais).

Popular places to visit near Lavieu: these include Ambert at 23 km and Saint-Etienne at 30 km. Col des Pradeaux is a listed site of natural beauty at 15 km and Jardin de l’écomusée is a listed remarkable garden at 18 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

Selected places to visit and attractions near Lavieu, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lavieu

photo of Ambert
Ambert 23km
photo of Thiers
Thiers 52km

See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lavieu.

Note that all distances from Lavieu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Lavieu holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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

Markets near Lavieu

  • Montbrison: market every Saturday (8km)
  • Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (12km)
  • Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau: market every Friday (13km)
  • Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (17km)
  • Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (17km)
  • Usson-en-Forez: market every Sunday (18km)
  • Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (19km)
  • Veauche: market every Wednesday (19km)
  • Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon: market every Wednesday (21km)
  • Boen: market every Thursday (23km)

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 Lavieu and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Lavieu map below.

Recommended Detour Ambert (23km); Saint-Galmier (23km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (35km)

Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (33km)

Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (18km)

Secteur Sauvegarde Thiers (52km)

Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (15km)

Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (29km)

Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (23km)

Map of places to visit near Lavieu & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Lavieu

Canton: Saint-Jean-Soleymieux

Arrondissement: Montbrison

Department: Loire

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 42560

Distance to Lavieu

from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 30 km

from Paris: 390 km

from Calais: 623 km

from Nice: 327 km

from Bordeaux: 370 km

from Strasbourg: 440 km

* distances are direct not by road!

More information

We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lavieu): Bard, Boisset-Saint-Priest, Chazelles-sur-Lavieu, Ecotay-l'Olme, Gumieres, Lezigneux, Margerie-Chantagret, Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville, Saint-Jean-Soleymieux, Saint-Thomas-la-Garde, Soleymieux and Verrieres-en-Forez.

Getting here

For driving distances to Lavieu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Lavieu