Montbrison travel guide
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Visit Montbrison: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montbrison is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 30 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Montbrison is 384 km from Paris and 616 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 26 km from Montbrison
Popular places to visit near Montbrison: these include Ambert at 26 km and Saint-Etienne at 32 km.
Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 20km and Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Montbrison: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Montbrison, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montbrison
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montbrison.
Note that all distances from Montbrison shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montbrison holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montbrison (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 Montbrison and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (26km) :
- National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (20km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (30km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (26km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Montbrison & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montbrison
Canton: Montbrison
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42600
Distance to Montbrison
from Saint-Etienne: 30 km
from Paris: 384 km
from Calais: 616 km
from Nice: 330 km
from Bordeaux: 374 km
from Strasbourg: 433 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 Montbrison): Bard, Champdieu, Ecotay-l'Olme, Essertines-en-Chatelneuf, Lezigneux, Saint-Romain-le-Puy, Saint-Thomas-la-Garde, Savigneux and Verrieres-en-Forez.
Getting here
For driving distances to Montbrison from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montbrison