Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois travel guide
Visit Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 17 km from Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois
Location: Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 17 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois is 408 km from Paris and 640 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois: these include Saint-Etienne at 17 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 21 km. Saint-Etienne is a listed town of art and history at 17 km and Jardin de l’écomusée is a listed remarkable garden at 19 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois.
Note that all distances from Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois
- Aurec-sur-Loire: market every Wednesday & Friday (4km)
- Unieux: market every Wednesday & Saturday (6km)
- Firminy: market every Thursday all day & Saturday (8km)
- Pont-Salomon: market every Wednesday (9km)
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau: market every Friday (9km)
- Le Chambon-Feugerolles: market every Monday & Friday (11km)
- Roche-la-Moliere: market every Wednesday & Saturday (12km)
- Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (12km)
- Bas-en-Basset: market every Wednesday (12km)
- Monistrol-sur-Loire: market every Friday (12km)
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-Maurice-en-Gourgois and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois map below.
Heritage Site Le Puy-en-Velay Hotel-Dieu St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (46km); Le Puy-en-Velay cathédrale Notre-Dame (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (46km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Galmier (24km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (34km); Ambert (38km); Le Puy-en-Velay (46km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (32km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (39km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (19km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Le Puy-en-Velay (46km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (30km); Perdrix Crest (31km); Oeillon Crest (34km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (17km); Le Puy-en-Velay (46km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (24km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (35km); Parc animalier de Courzieu (51km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois
Canton: Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42240
Distance to Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 17 km
from Paris: 408 km
from Calais: 640 km
from Nice: 309 km
from Bordeaux: 378 km
from Strasbourg: 445 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois): Aboen, Aurec-sur-Loire, Caloire, Chambles, Malvalette, Perigneux and Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois