Saint-Jean-de-Niost travel guide
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Visit Saint-Jean-de-Niost: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Jean-de-Niost is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 41 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Jean-de-Niost is 399 km from Paris and 620 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Perouges at 8 km from Saint-Jean-de-Niost
Popular places to visit near Saint-Jean-de-Niost: these include Perouges at 8 km and Cremieu at 13 km.
Saint-Vulbas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 6km and Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Jean-de-Niost, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Jean-de-Niost
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Jean-de-Niost.
Note that all distances from Saint-Jean-de-Niost shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Jean-de-Niost holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Jean-de-Niost (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 Ain 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-de-Niost and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (29km) : Parc de Gerland (30km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (43km) : Parc du château de Laye (46km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (8km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (30km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (41km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (6km) : Morestel (27km) : Chaponnay (32km) : Ecully (35km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (37km) : Vonnas (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (13km) : Trevoux (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Jean-de-Niost & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Jean-de-Niost
Canton: Meximieux
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01800
Distance to Saint-Jean-de-Niost
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 41 km
from Paris: 399 km
from Calais: 620 km
from Nice: 287 km
from Bordeaux: 466 km
from Strasbourg: 360 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Jean-de-Niost): Anthon, Blyes, Bourg-Saint-Christophe, Charnoz-sur-Ain, Hieres-sur-Amby, Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, Saint-Vulbas and Sainte-Julie.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Jean-de-Niost from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Jean-de-Niost