Marcenod travel guide
Visit Marcenod: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 17 km from Marcenod
Location: Marcenod is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 17 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Marcenod is 399 km from Paris and 629 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Marcenod: these include Saint-Etienne at 17 km and Pelussin at 23 km. Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed recommended detour at 7 km and Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine is a listed zoo or wildlife park at 8 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 Marcenod, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Marcenod
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Marcenod.
Note that all distances from Marcenod shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Marcenod 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 Marcenod
- La Grand-Croix: market every Monday (10km)
- Chazelles-sur-Lyon: market every Friday (10km)
- Rive-de-Gier: market every Tuesday & Friday (11km)
- La Talaudiere: market every Tuesday & Saturday (11km)
- Saint-Chamond: market every Tuesday & Thursday (11km)
- Saint-Galmier: market every Monday (13km)
- Saint-Etienne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday all day & Thursday all day & Sunday all day & Saturday & Monday & Friday (15km)
- Veauche: market every Wednesday (16km)
- Mornant: market every Friday (16km)
- Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (18km)
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 Marcenod and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Marcenod map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (31km)
Heritage Site Historic Lyon (35km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (7km); Saint-Galmier (13km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (21km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (34km); Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (35km)
Remarkable Garden Parc de Gerland (35km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (37km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Lyon (35km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Perdrix Crest (22km); Oeillon Crest (22km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (15km); Vienne (31km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (13km); Ecully (32km); Chaponnay (36km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (8km); Parc animalier de Courzieu (22km); Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon (37km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (37km)
Map of places to visit near Marcenod & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Marcenod
Canton: Saint-Héand
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42140
Distance to Marcenod
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 17 km
from Paris: 399 km
from Calais: 629 km
from Nice: 303 km
from Bordeaux: 405 km
from Strasbourg: 416 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Marcenod): Cellieu, Chagnon, Chatelus, Coise, Fontanes, Grammond, La Gimond, Larajasse, Saint-Christo-en-Jarez, Saint-Denis-sur-Coise, Saint-Romain-en-Jarez and Valfleury.
Getting here
For driving distances to Marcenod from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Marcenod