Maringes travel guide
Visit Maringes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 25 km from Maringes
Location: Maringes is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 25 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Maringes is 386 km from Paris and 616 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Maringes: these include Saint-Etienne at 25 km and Eveux at 27 km. Saint-Galmier is a listed recommended detour at 8 km and Saint-Galmier is a listed ville fleurie 4* 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 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 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 Maringes
- Chazelles-sur-Lyon: market every Friday (4km)
- Saint-Galmier: market every Monday (8km)
- Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (9km)
- Veauche: market every Wednesday (12km)
- Feurs: market every Tuesday (14km)
- Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (17km)
- Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (19km)
- Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (20km)
- La Talaudiere: market every Tuesday & Saturday (21km)
- Balbigny: market every Monday (22km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Maringes map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (37km)
Heritage Site Historic Lyon (40km)
Most Beautiful Village Oingt (37km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Galmier (8km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (9km); Trevoux (45km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (35km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (38km); Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (40km)
Remarkable Garden Parc de Gerland (40km); Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (41km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (41km); Jardin de l’écomusée (44km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Lyon (40km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Perdrix Crest (35km); Oeillon Crest (36km); Col des Pradeaux (42km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (23km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (8km); Ecully (35km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc animalier de Courzieu (22km); Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (22km); Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon (41km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (41km)
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 (local prefecture): 25 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!
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