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Visit Lent: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lent is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 10 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Lent is 372 km from Paris and 591 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourg-en-Bresse at 10 km from Lent
Popular places to visit near Lent: these include Bourg-en-Bresse at 10 km and Dombes at 20 km.
Brou Royal Monastery is a listed 'national monument' at 10km and Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km. 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 Lent, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lent
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lent.
Note that all distances from Lent shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lent holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lent (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 Ain 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 Lent and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (37km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (43km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (46km) : Parc de Gerland (48km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (10km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (45km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (48km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (18km) : Vonnas (19km) : Saint-Vulbas (33km) : Macon (35km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (38km) : Cremieu (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Lent & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lent
Canton: Péronnas
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01240
Distance to Lent
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 10 km
from Paris: 372 km
from Calais: 591 km
from Nice: 314 km
from Bordeaux: 472 km
from Strasbourg: 335 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lent): Certines, Dompierre-sur-Veyle, La Trancliere, Saint-Andre-sur-Vieux-Jonc, Saint-Paul-de-Varax and Servas.
Getting here
For driving distances to Lent from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lent