Roanne travel guide
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Visit Roanne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Roanne is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 70 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Roanne is 338 km from Paris and 569 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 24 km from Roanne
Popular places to visit near Roanne: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 24 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 31 km.
Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km and Charlieu is a listed 'recommended detour' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Roanne: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Roanne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Roanne
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Roanne.
Note that all distances from Roanne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Roanne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Roanne (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 Roanne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Zéphyr (31km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (33km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (34km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (35km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (24km) : Oingt (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (13km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (24km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (31km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (34km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (37km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (15km) : Lapalisse (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Roanne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Roanne
Canton: Roanne
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42300
Distance to Roanne
from Saint-Etienne: 70 km
from Paris: 338 km
from Calais: 569 km
from Nice: 362 km
from Bordeaux: 387 km
from Strasbourg: 396 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Roanne): Commelle-Vernay, Le Coteau, Mably, Notre-Dame-de-Boisset, Parigny, Perreux, Riorges, Saint-Leger-sur-Roanne, Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset and Villerest.
Getting here
For driving distances to Roanne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Roanne