Merle-Leignec travel guide
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Visit Merle-Leignec: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Merle-Leignec is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 29 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Merle-Leignec is 405 km from Paris and 638 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Chaise-Dieu at 27 km from Merle-Leignec
Popular places to visit near Merle-Leignec: these include La Chaise-Dieu at 27 km and Ambert at 28 km.
Jardin de l’écomusée is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km. 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 Merle-Leignec, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Merle-Leignec
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Merle-Leignec.
Note that all distances from Merle-Leignec shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Merle-Leignec holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Merle-Leignec (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 Merle-Leignec and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (7km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (31km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (40km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (29km) : Le Puy en Velay (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (28km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (41km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Merle-Leignec & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Merle-Leignec
Canton: Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42380
Distance to Merle-Leignec
from Saint-Etienne: 29 km
from Paris: 405 km
from Calais: 638 km
from Nice: 318 km
from Bordeaux: 366 km
from Strasbourg: 453 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Merle-Leignec): Apinac, Estivareilles, La Tourette, Rozier-Cotes-d'Aurec, Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau, Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas and Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Merle-Leignec from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Merle-Leignec