Maringes travel guide
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Visit Maringes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Maringes is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 23 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Maringes is 386 km from Paris and 616 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 25 km from Maringes
Popular places to visit near Maringes: these include Saint-Etienne at 25 km and Eveux at 27 km.
Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 8km and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 9km. 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 Maringes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Maringes
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Maringes.
Note that all distances from Maringes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Maringes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Maringes (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 Maringes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (40km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (41km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (41km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (38km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (38km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (8km) : Ecully (35km) : Chaponnay (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (23km) : Vienne (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (9km) : Trevoux (45km) : Ambert (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Maringes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Maringes
Canton: Chazelles-sur-Lyon
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42140
Distance to Maringes
from Saint-Etienne: 23 km
from Paris: 386 km
from Calais: 616 km
from Nice: 317 km
from Bordeaux: 396 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 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Maringes): Bellegarde-en-Forez, Chazelles-sur-Lyon, Grezieu-le-Marche, Meys, Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes, Saint-Denis-sur-Coise, Valeille, Viricelles and Virigneux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Maringes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Maringes