Meximieux travel guide
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Visit Meximieux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Meximieux is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 34 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Meximieux is 392 km from Paris and 613 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Perouges at 1 km from Meximieux
Popular places to visit near Meximieux: these include Perouges at 1 km and Dombes at 18 km.
Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 1km and Saint-Vulbas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Meximieux: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Meximieux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Meximieux
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Meximieux.
Note that all distances from Meximieux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Meximieux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Meximieux (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 Ain 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 Meximieux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (30km) : Parc de Gerland (31km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (39km) : Parc du château de Laye (40km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (1km) : Oingt (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (31km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (11km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (30km) : Morestel (34km) : Ecully (35km) : Chaponnay (37km) : Vonnas (38km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (20km) : Trevoux (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Meximieux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Meximieux
Canton: Meximieux
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01800
Distance to Meximieux
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 34 km
from Paris: 392 km
from Calais: 613 km
from Nice: 294 km
from Bordeaux: 466 km
from Strasbourg: 355 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 Meximieux): Beligneux, Bourg-Saint-Christophe, Charnoz-sur-Ain, Chazey-sur-Ain, Faramans, Perouges, Rignieux-le-Franc, Saint-Eloi and Villieu-Loyes-Mollon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Meximieux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Meximieux