Saint-Jean-la-Vetre travel guide

Saint-Jean-la-Vetre photo, taken in Livradois-Forez Regional Park France

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Visit Saint-Jean-la-Vetre: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Jean-la-Vetre is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 59 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Jean-la-Vetre is 358 km from Paris and 592 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 19 km from Saint-Jean-la-Vetre

Popular places to visit near Saint-Jean-la-Vetre: these include Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 19 km and Thiers at 21 km.

Aulteribe Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 24km and Ambert is a listed 'recommended detour' at 27km. 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-la-Vetre, France

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

photo of Thiers
Thiers 21km
photo of Ambert
Ambert 27km
photo of Usson
Usson 46km
photo of Vichy
Vichy 48km

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-la-Vetre.

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

Saint-Jean-la-Vetre holidays and travel

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

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (43km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (45km) :
  2. National Monuments: Aulteribe Chateau (24km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Usson (46km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (46km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (47km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (45km) : Vichy (48km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (27km) :

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

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Jean-la-Vêtre

Canton: Noirétable

Arrondissement: Montbrison

Department: Loire

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 42440

Distance to Saint-Jean-la-Vetre

from Saint-Etienne: 59 km

from Paris: 358 km

from Calais: 592 km

from Nice: 358 km

from Bordeaux: 359 km

from Strasbourg: 431 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-la-Vetre): La Chamba, La Chambonie, La Cote-en-Couzan, Noiretable, Saint-Didier-sur-Rochefort, Saint-Julien-la-Vetre, Saint-Priest-la-Vetre and Saint-Thurin.

Getting here

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

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Jean-la-Vetre