Roche-la-Moliere travel guide
Visit Roche-la-Moliere: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 5 km from Roche-la-Moliere
Location: Roche-la-Moliere is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 5 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Roche-la-Moliere is 409 km from Paris and 640 km from the port at Calais).
Market days in Roche-la-Moliere: weekly market: Wednesday & Saturday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Roche-la-Moliere: these include Saint-Etienne at 5 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 17 km. Saint-Etienne is a listed town of art and history at 6 km and Saint-Galmier is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 18 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Roche-la-Moliere, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Roche-la-Moliere
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Roche-la-Moliere.
Note that all distances from Roche-la-Moliere shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Roche-la-Moliere holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Roche-la-Moliere
- Roche-la-Moliere: market every Wednesday & Saturday (0km)
- Le Chambon-Feugerolles: market every Monday & Friday (4km)
- Firminy: market every Thursday all day & Saturday (6km)
- Saint-Etienne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday all day & Thursday all day & Sunday all day & Saturday & Monday & Friday (6km)
- Unieux: market every Wednesday & Saturday (6km)
- Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (10km)
- La Talaudiere: market every Tuesday & Saturday (10km)
- Aurec-sur-Loire: market every Wednesday & Friday (11km)
- Saint-Just-Malmont: market every Sunday & (11km)
- Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (12km)
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 Roche-la-Moliere and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Roche-la-Moliere map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (50km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Galmier (18km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (25km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (21km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (50km); Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (53km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (30km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Perdrix Crest (20km); Oeillon Crest (23km); Col des Pradeaux (39km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (6km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (18km); Ecully (52km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (24km); Parc animalier de Courzieu (42km)
Map of places to visit near Roche-la-Moliere & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Roche-la-Molière
Canton: Saint-Étienne-Nord-Ouest-2
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42230
Distance to Roche-la-Moliere
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 5 km
from Paris: 409 km
from Calais: 640 km
from Nice: 302 km
from Bordeaux: 390 km
from Strasbourg: 436 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Roche-la-Moliere): Firminy, Fraisses, La Ricamarie, La Tour-en-Jarez, Le Chambon-Feugerolles, Saint-Etienne, Saint-Genest-Lerpt, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Unieux and Villars.
Getting here
For driving distances to Roche-la-Moliere from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Roche-la-Moliere