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Visit Rance: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rance is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 38 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Rance is 373 km from Paris and 597 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Trevoux at 8 km from Rance
Popular places to visit near Rance: these include Trevoux at 8 km and Dombes at 11 km.
Trevoux is a listed 'recommended detour' at 8km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. 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 Rance, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rance
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rance.
Note that all distances from Rance shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rance holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rance (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 Rance and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (14km) : Parc du château de Laye (16km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (21km) : Parc de Gerland (23km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (49km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (22km) : Perouges (25km) :
- 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) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (18km) : Ecully (22km) : Vonnas (29km) : Saint-Vulbas (36km) : Macon (37km) : Chaponnay (38km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (8km) : Cremieu (40km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Rance & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rancé
Canton: Reyrieux
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01390
Distance to Rance
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 38 km
from Paris: 373 km
from Calais: 597 km
from Nice: 315 km
from Bordeaux: 443 km
from Strasbourg: 363 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rance): Amberieux-en-Dombes, Ars-sur-Formans, Civrieux, Miserieux, Monthieux, Parcieux, Reyrieux, Saint-Jean-de-Thurigneux, Sainte-Euphemie, Savigneux, Toussieux and Trevoux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Rance from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rance