Saint-Leon travel guide
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Visit Saint-Leon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Leon is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 336 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Leon is 290 km from Paris and 523 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lapalisse at 17 km from Saint-Leon
Popular places to visit near Saint-Leon: these include Lapalisse at 17 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 30 km.
Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km and Lapalisse is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km. 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-Leon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Leon
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Leon.
Note that all distances from Saint-Leon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Leon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Leon (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 France and Allier 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-Leon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (37km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (40km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (44km) : Arboretum de Balaine (47km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (49km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (35km) : Charroux (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (28km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (30km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (37km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (44km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (34km) : Vichy (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (17km) : Charlieu (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Leon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Léon
Canton: Jaligny-sur-Besbre
Arrondissement: Vichy
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03220
Distance to Saint-Leon
from Moulins: 336 km
from Paris: 290 km
from Calais: 523 km
from Nice: 411 km
from Bordeaux: 374 km
from Strasbourg: 390 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Leon): Chatelperron, Liernolles, Montcombroux-les-Mines, Sorbier and Vaumas.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Leon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Leon