Rive-de-Gier travel guide
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Visit Rive-de-Gier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rive-de-Gier is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 18 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Rive-de-Gier is 408 km from Paris and 637 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pelussin at 13 km from Rive-de-Gier
Popular places to visit near Rive-de-Gier: these include Pelussin at 13 km and Malleval at 18 km.
Oeillon Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 14km and Pilat is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Rive-de-Gier: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Rive-de-Gier, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rive-de-Gier
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rive-de-Gier.
Note that all distances from Rive-de-Gier shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rive-de-Gier holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rive-de-Gier (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 Rive-de-Gier and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (33km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (35km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (20km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (31km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (23km) : Chaponnay (29km) : Ecully (32km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (18km) : Vienne (22km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (17km) : Trevoux (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Rive-de-Gier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rive-de-Gier
Canton: Rive-de-Gier
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42800
Distance to Rive-de-Gier
from Saint-Etienne: 18 km
from Paris: 408 km
from Calais: 637 km
from Nice: 293 km
from Bordeaux: 412 km
from Strasbourg: 416 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rive-de-Gier): Cellieu, Chagnon, Chateauneuf, Dargoire, Farnay, Genilac, La Grand-Croix, Lorette, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Martin-la-Plaine, Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, Saint-Romain-en-Jarez and Tartaras.
Getting here
For driving distances to Rive-de-Gier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rive-de-Gier