Saint-Genest-Lerpt travel guide
Visit Saint-Genest-Lerpt: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 4 km from Saint-Genest-Lerpt
Location: Saint-Genest-Lerpt is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 4 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Genest-Lerpt is 408 km from Paris and 639 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Saint-Genest-Lerpt: these include Saint-Etienne at 4 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 18 km. Saint-Etienne is a listed town of art and history at 4 km and Saint-Galmier is a listed ville fleurie 4* 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-Genest-Lerpt, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Genest-Lerpt
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Genest-Lerpt.
Note that all distances from Saint-Genest-Lerpt shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Genest-Lerpt 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-Genest-Lerpt
- Roche-la-Moliere: market every Wednesday & Saturday (2km)
- Saint-Etienne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday all day & Thursday all day & Sunday all day & Saturday & Monday & Friday (4km)
- Le Chambon-Feugerolles: market every Monday & Friday (6km)
- Firminy: market every Thursday all day & Saturday (8km)
- Unieux: market every Wednesday & Saturday (8km)
- La Talaudiere: market every Tuesday & Saturday (9km)
- Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (9km)
- Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (11km)
- Aurec-sur-Loire: market every Wednesday & Friday (12km)
- Saint-Just-Malmont: market every Sunday & (13km)
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-Genest-Lerpt and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Genest-Lerpt map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (48km)
Heritage Site Historic Lyon (53km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Galmier (16km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (23km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (20km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (51km); Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (53km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (31km); Parc de Gerland (53km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Lyon (53km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Perdrix Crest (20km); Oeillon Crest (22km); Col des Pradeaux (39km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (4km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (16km); Ecully (50km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (23km); Parc animalier de Courzieu (40km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Genest-Lerpt & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Genest-Lerpt
Canton: Saint-Étienne-Nord-Ouest-2
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42530
Distance to Saint-Genest-Lerpt
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 4 km
from Paris: 408 km
from Calais: 639 km
from Nice: 303 km
from Bordeaux: 391 km
from Strasbourg: 434 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Genest-Lerpt): La Ricamarie, La Tour-en-Jarez, Le Chambon-Feugerolles, Roche-la-Moliere, Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, Unieux and Villars.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Genest-Lerpt from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Genest-Lerpt