Saint-Medard-en-Forez travel guide

Photo of Saint-Medard-en-Forez in Loire

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Visit Saint-Medard-en-Forez: Highlights and Tourist Information

Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 18 km from Saint-Medard-en-Forez

Location: Saint-Medard-en-Forez is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 18 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Medard-en-Forez is 393 km from Paris and 623 km from the port at Calais).

Popular places to visit near Saint-Medard-en-Forez: these include Saint-Etienne at 18 km and Pelussin at 32 km. Saint-Galmier is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 3 km and Saint-Galmier is a listed recommended detour at 3 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-Medard-en-Forez, France

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

photo of Eveux
Eveux 32km
photo of Bagnols
Bagnols 41km
photo of Lyon
Lyon 41km
photo of Oingt
Oingt 43km
photo of Theize
Theize 43km
photo of Anse
Anse 47km
photo of Trevoux
Trevoux 50km

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

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

Saint-Medard-en-Forez 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-Medard-en-Forez

  • Saint-Galmier: market every Monday (3km)
  • Chazelles-sur-Lyon: market every Friday (5km)
  • Veauche: market every Wednesday (7km)
  • Andrezieux-Boutheon: market every Tuesday (11km)
  • Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (11km)
  • La Talaudiere: market every Tuesday & Saturday (14km)
  • Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (14km)
  • Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (15km)
  • Saint-Etienne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday all day & Thursday all day & Sunday all day & Saturday & Monday & Friday (16km)
  • Saint-Chamond: market every Tuesday & Thursday (18km)

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-Medard-en-Forez and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Medard-en-Forez map below.

Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (38km)

Heritage Site Historic Lyon (41km)

Most Beautiful Village Oingt (43km)

Recommended Detour Saint-Galmier (3km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (8km); Trevoux (50km)

Regional Natural Parc Pilat (28km)

Religious Monument Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (40km); Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (41km)

Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (40km); Parc de Gerland (41km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (43km); Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (46km)

Secteur Sauvegarde Lyon (42km)

Site Of Natural Beauty Perdrix Crest (29km); Oeillon Crest (30km)

Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (16km)

Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (3km); Ecully (38km)

Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (18km); Parc animalier de Courzieu (25km); Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon (43km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (43km)

Map of places to visit near Saint-Medard-en-Forez & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Médard-en-Forez

Canton: Chazelles-sur-Lyon

Arrondissement: Montbrison

Department: Loire

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 42330

Distance to Saint-Medard-en-Forez

from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 18 km

from Paris: 393 km

from Calais: 623 km

from Nice: 312 km

from Bordeaux: 396 km

from Strasbourg: 420 km

* distances are direct not by road!

More information

We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Medard-en-Forez): Aveizieux, Bellegarde-en-Forez, Chamboeuf, Chazelles-sur-Lyon, Chevrieres, Fontanes, La Gimond, Saint-Bonnet-les-Oules, Saint-Denis-sur-Coise and Saint-Galmier.

Getting here

For driving distances to Saint-Medard-en-Forez from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Medard-en-Forez