Saint-Joseph travel guide

Saint-Joseph photo, taken in Pelussin France

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Visit Saint-Joseph: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Joseph is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 21 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Joseph is 405 km from Paris and 633 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Pelussin at 16 km from Saint-Joseph

Popular places to visit near Saint-Joseph: these include Pelussin at 16 km and Vienne at 21 km.

Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 15km and Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. 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-Joseph, France

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

photo of Vienne
Vienne 21km
photo of Lyon
Lyon 29km
photo of Eveux
Eveux 29km
photo of Bagnols
Bagnols 40km
photo of Theize
Theize 43km
photo of Anse
Anse 43km
photo of Oingt
Oingt 44km
photo of Trevoux
Trevoux 44km

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

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

Saint-Joseph holidays and travel

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

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (29km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (31km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (44km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Oingt (44km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (17km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (27km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (29km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (24km) : Chaponnay (26km) : Ecully (27km) :
  5. Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (29km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (21km) : Vienne (21km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (15km) : Trevoux (44km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Joseph & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Joseph

Canton: Rive-de-Gier

Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne

Department: Loire

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 42800

Distance to Saint-Joseph

from Saint-Etienne: 21 km

from Paris: 405 km

from Calais: 633 km

from Nice: 294 km

from Bordeaux: 415 km

from Strasbourg: 412 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 18 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Joseph): Cellieu, Chagnon, Chateauneuf, Dargoire, Genilac, La Grand-Croix, Longes, Lorette, Rive-de-Gier, Riverie, Saint-Andeol-le-Chateau, Saint-Didier-sous-Riverie, Saint-Jean-de-Touslas, Saint-Martin-la-Plaine, Saint-Maurice-sur-Dargoire, Sainte-Catherine, Tartaras and Treves.

Getting here

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

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Joseph