Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds travel guide

Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds photo, taken in Saint-Etienne France

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Visit Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds 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-Jean-Bonnefonds is 411 km from Paris and 641 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 5 km from Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds

Popular places to visit near Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds: these include Saint-Etienne at 5 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 19 km.

Saint-Etienne is a listed 'town of art and history' at 4km and Perdrix Crest is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds

photo of Vienne
Vienne 35km
photo of Eveux
Eveux 43km
photo of Lyon
Lyon 46km

See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds.

Note that all distances from Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds (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-Jean-Bonnefonds and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (40km) : Parc de Gerland (46km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (49km) :
  2. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (34km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (45km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (46km) :
  3. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (19km) : Chaponnay (43km) : Ecully (45km) :
  4. Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (46km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (4km) : Vienne (35km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (21km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds

Canton: Saint-Étienne-Nord-Est-2

Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne

Department: Loire

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 42650

Distance to Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds

from Saint-Etienne: 4 km

from Paris: 411 km

from Calais: 641 km

from Nice: 296 km

from Bordeaux: 400 km

from Strasbourg: 429 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds): La Talaudiere, La Tour-en-Jarez, La Valla-en-Gier, Saint-Chamond, Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez and Sorbiers.

Getting here

For driving distances to Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds