Saint-Galmier travel guide
Visit Saint-Galmier: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 18 km from Saint-Galmier
Location: Saint-Galmier 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: Saint-Galmier is 392 km from Paris and 623 km from the port at Calais).
Tourist classifications for Saint-Galmier: Village in bloom (fr: ville fleurie); Recommended detour town (fr: plus beau détour);
Market days in Saint-Galmier: weekly market: Monday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Saint-Galmier: these include Saint-Etienne at 18 km and Pelussin at 34 km. Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed recommended detour at 12 km and Saint-Etienne is a listed town of art and history at 16 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 Saint-Galmier, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Galmier
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Galmier.
Note that all distances from Saint-Galmier shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Galmier 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 Saint-Galmier
- Saint-Galmier: market every Monday (0km)
- Veauche: market every Wednesday (4km)
- Chazelles-sur-Lyon: market every Friday (8km)
- Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (8km)
- Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (9km)
- Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (12km)
- Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (12km)
- La Talaudiere: market every Tuesday & Saturday (15km)
- Saint-Etienne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday all day & Thursday all day & Sunday all day & Saturday & Monday & Friday (16km)
- Roche-la-Moliere: market every Wednesday & Saturday (18km)
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-Galmier and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Galmier map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (41km)
Most Beautiful Village Oingt (45km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (12km); Trevoux (53km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (30km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (43km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (37km); Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (49km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Perdrix Crest (30km); Oeillon Crest (32km); Col des Pradeaux (38km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (16km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Ecully (41km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (21km); Parc animalier de Courzieu (28km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Galmier & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Galmier
Canton: Saint-Galmier
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42330
Distance to Saint-Galmier
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 18 km
from Paris: 392 km
from Calais: 623 km
from Nice: 314 km
from Bordeaux: 392 km
from Strasbourg: 422 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Galmier): Aveizieux, Chamboeuf, Chazelles-sur-Lyon, Cuzieu, Rivas, Saint-Bonnet-les-Oules, Saint-Medard-en-Forez, Veauche and Veauchette.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Galmier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Galmier