Saint-Medard-en-Forez travel guide
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
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