Pinay travel guide
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Visit Pinay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pinay is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 51 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Pinay is 358 km from Paris and 589 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Oingt at 35 km from Pinay
Popular places to visit near Pinay: these include Oingt at 35 km and Bagnols at 37 km.
Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 31km and Charlieu is a listed 'recommended detour' at 32km. 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 Pinay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pinay
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pinay.
Note that all distances from Pinay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pinay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pinay (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 Pinay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (43km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (35km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (31km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (32km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (37km) : Ambert (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Pinay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pinay
Canton: Néronde
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42590
Distance to Pinay
from Saint-Etienne: 51 km
from Paris: 358 km
from Calais: 589 km
from Nice: 345 km
from Bordeaux: 386 km
from Strasbourg: 406 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 Pinay): Neulise, Pommiers, Saint-Georges-de-Baroille, Saint-Jodard, Saint-Marcel-de-Felines, Saint-Paul-de-Vezelin and Saint-Priest-la-Roche.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pinay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pinay