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Visit Monthieux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Monthieux is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 36 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Monthieux is 377 km from Paris and 600 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Dombes at 7 km from Monthieux
Popular places to visit near Monthieux: these include Dombes at 7 km and Trevoux at 13 km.
Trevoux is a listed 'recommended detour' at 13km and Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Monthieux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Monthieux
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Monthieux.
Note that all distances from Monthieux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Monthieux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Monthieux (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 Monthieux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (20km) : Parc du château de Laye (21km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (21km) : Parc de Gerland (23km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (19km) : Oingt (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (23km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (42km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (18km) : Ecully (24km) : Vonnas (29km) : Saint-Vulbas (30km) : Chaponnay (36km) : Macon (39km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (13km) : Cremieu (35km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Monthieux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Monthieux
Canton: Villars-les-Dombes
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01390
Distance to Monthieux
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 36 km
from Paris: 377 km
from Calais: 600 km
from Nice: 311 km
from Bordeaux: 448 km
from Strasbourg: 361 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Monthieux): Amberieux-en-Dombes, Civrieux, Dombes, Lapeyrouse, Rance, Saint-Andre-de-Corcy, Saint-Jean-de-Thurigneux and Saint-Marcel.
Getting here
For driving distances to Monthieux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Monthieux