Saint-Jean-le-Vieux travel guide
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Visit Saint-Jean-le-Vieux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Jean-le-Vieux is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 23 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Jean-le-Vieux is 389 km from Paris and 606 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Perouges at 21 km from Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
Popular places to visit near Saint-Jean-le-Vieux: these include Perouges at 21 km and Bourg-en-Bresse at 23 km.
Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 21km and Brou Royal Monastery is a listed 'national monument' at 23km. 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-le-Vieux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
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-le-Vieux.
Note that all distances from Saint-Jean-le-Vieux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Jean-le-Vieux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux (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-le-Vieux and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (23km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (21km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (23km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (35km) : Vonnas (37km) : Morestel (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (35km) : Trevoux (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Jean-le-Vieux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
Canton: Poncin
Arrondissement: Nantua
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01640
Distance to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 23 km
from Paris: 389 km
from Calais: 606 km
from Nice: 298 km
from Bordeaux: 484 km
from Strasbourg: 335 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Jean-le-Vieux): Ambronay, Boyeux-Saint-Jerome, Cerdon, Douvres, Druillat, Jujurieux, Merignat, Neuville-sur-Ain, Poncin, Pont-d'Ain and Varambon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Jean-le-Vieux