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Visit Poisson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Poisson is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 55 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Poisson is 305 km from Paris and 534 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Paray-le-Monial at 8 km from Poisson
Popular places to visit near Poisson: these include Paray-le-Monial at 8 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 9 km.
Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Poisson: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Poisson, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Poisson
See France This Way travel guides for Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Poisson.
Note that all distances from Poisson shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Poisson holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Poisson (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 France and Saone-et-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 Poisson and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (6km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (8km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (16km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (20km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (25km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (14km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (7km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (7km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (17km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (20km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (25km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (7km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (25km) : Lapalisse (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Poisson & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Poisson
Canton: Paray-le-Monial
Arrondissement: Charolles
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71600
Distance to Poisson
from Macon: 55 km
from Paris: 305 km
from Calais: 534 km
from Nice: 387 km
from Bordeaux: 404 km
from Strasbourg: 366 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Poisson): Hautefond, Nochize, Saint-Didier-en-Brionnais, Varenne-l'Arconce and Versaugues.
Getting here
Saone-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to Poisson from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Poisson