Saint-Chamond travel guide
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Visit Saint-Chamond: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Chamond is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 10 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Chamond is 410 km from Paris and 640 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 10 km from Saint-Chamond
Popular places to visit near Saint-Chamond: these include Saint-Etienne at 10 km and Pelussin at 15 km.
Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 10km and Perdrix Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Saint-Chamond: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Chamond, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Chamond
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Chamond.
Note that all distances from Saint-Chamond shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Chamond holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Chamond (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 Saint-Chamond and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (41km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (43km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (28km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (40km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (20km) : Chaponnay (37km) : Ecully (39km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (10km) : Vienne (29km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Chamond & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Chamond
Canton: Saint-Chamond
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42400
Distance to Saint-Chamond
from Saint-Etienne: 10 km
from Paris: 410 km
from Calais: 640 km
from Nice: 294 km
from Bordeaux: 405 km
from Strasbourg: 424 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Chamond): Cellieu, Doizieux, La Grand-Croix, La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay, Lorette, Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds, Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, Sorbiers and Valfleury.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Chamond from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Chamond