Poncins travel guide
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Visit Poncins: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Poncins is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 35 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Poncins is 374 km from Paris and 605 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 37 km from Poncins
Popular places to visit near Poncins: these include Saint-Etienne at 37 km and Eveux at 37 km.
Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 20km and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 25km. 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 Poncins, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Poncins
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Poncins.
Note that all distances from Poncins shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Poncins holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Poncins (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 Poncins and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (41km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (47km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (20km) : Ecully (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (25km) : Ambert (38km) : Charlieu (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Poncins & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Poncins
Canton: Feurs
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42110
Distance to Poncins
from Saint-Etienne: 35 km
from Paris: 374 km
from Calais: 605 km
from Nice: 333 km
from Bordeaux: 384 km
from Strasbourg: 418 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Poncins): Chambeon, Cleppe, Feurs, Saint-Etienne-le-Molard, Saint-Laurent-la-Conche and Sainte-Foy-Saint-Sulpice.
Getting here
For driving distances to Poncins from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Poncins