Montbrison travel guide
Visit Montbrison: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 26 km from Montbrison
Location: Montbrison is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 32 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Montbrison is 384 km from Paris and 616 km from the port at Calais).
Market days in Montbrison: weekly market: Saturday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Montbrison: these include Ambert at 26 km and Saint-Etienne at 32 km. Saint-Galmier is a listed recommended detour at 20 km and Col des Pradeaux is a listed site of natural beauty at 20 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 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 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 Montbrison
- Montbrison: market every Saturday (0km)
- Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (12km)
- Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (13km)
- Boen: market every Thursday (16km)
- Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (17km)
- Veauche: market every Wednesday (17km)
- Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (18km)
- Feurs: market every Tuesday (19km)
- Saint-Galmier: market every Monday (20km)
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau: market every Friday (20km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Montbrison map below.
Most Beautiful Village Oingt (55km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Galmier (20km); Ambert (26km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (30km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (36km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (26km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (20km); Perdrix Crest (47km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (30km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (20km)
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 (local prefecture): 32 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!
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