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Visit Magnet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Magnet is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 356 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Magnet is 306 km from Paris and 540 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lapalisse at 11 km from Magnet
Popular places to visit near Magnet: these include Lapalisse at 11 km and Vichy at 12 km.
Lapalisse is a listed 'recommended detour' at 11km and Vichy is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 12km. 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 Magnet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Magnet
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Magnet.
Note that all distances from Magnet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Magnet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Magnet (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 France and Allier 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 Magnet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (25km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (22km) : Aulteribe Chateau (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (26km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (33km) : Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (44km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (44km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (46km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (12km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (40km) : Riom (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (11km) :
Map of places to visit near Magnet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Magnet
Canton: Varennes-sur-Allier
Arrondissement: Vichy
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03260
Distance to Magnet
from Moulins: 356 km
from Paris: 306 km
from Calais: 540 km
from Nice: 408 km
from Bordeaux: 353 km
from Strasbourg: 414 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Magnet): Billezois, Billy, Bost, Crechy, Creuzier-le-Neuf, Langy, Perigny, Saint-Christophe, Saint-Etienne-de-Vicq, Saint-Felix, Saint-Gerand-le-Puy, Saint-Germain-Des-Fosses, Sanssat and Seuillet.
Getting here
For driving distances to Magnet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Magnet