Leigneux travel guide
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Visit Leigneux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Leigneux is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 46 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Leigneux is 366 km from Paris and 599 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 29 km from Leigneux
Popular places to visit near Leigneux: these include Ambert at 29 km and Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 30 km.
Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 27km and Ambert is a listed 'recommended detour' at 29km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Leigneux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Leigneux
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Leigneux.
Note that all distances from Leigneux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Leigneux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Leigneux (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 Leigneux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (40km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (46km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (29km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (40km) : Charlieu (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Leigneux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Leigneux
Canton: Boën
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42130
Distance to Leigneux
from Saint-Etienne: 46 km
from Paris: 366 km
from Calais: 599 km
from Nice: 346 km
from Bordeaux: 370 km
from Strasbourg: 425 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Leigneux): Ailleux, Arthun, Boen, Bussy-Albieux, Cezay, Debats-Riviere-d'Orpra, Marcoux, Palogneux, Sail-sous-Couzan, Saint-Georges-en-Couzan, Saint-Laurent-Rochefort, Saint-Sixte and Trelins.
Getting here
For driving distances to Leigneux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Leigneux