Leigneux travel guide
Visit Leigneux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 29 km from Leigneux
Location: Leigneux is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 48 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Leigneux is 366 km from Paris and 599 km from the port at Calais).
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 27 km and Ambert is a listed recommended detour at 29 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 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 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 Leigneux
- Boen: market every Thursday (3km)
- Balbigny: market every Monday (18km)
- Montbrison: market every Saturday (18km)
- Noiretable: market every Saturday (18km)
- Feurs: market every Tuesday (19km)
- Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (23km)
- Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (29km)
- Ambert: market every Thursday (29km)
- Le Coteau: market every Wednesday (31km)
- Veauche: market every Wednesday (32km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Leigneux map below.
National Monument Aulteribe Chateau (37km)
Recommended Detour Ambert (29km); Saint-Galmier (32km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (40km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (36km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Thiers (35km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (27km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (46km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (32km)
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 (local prefecture): 48 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!
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