Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas travel guide
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Visit Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 25 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas is 406 km from Paris and 638 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 24 km from Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas
Popular places to visit near Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas: these include Saint-Etienne at 24 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 27 km.
Jardin de l’écomusée is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 23km. 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-Nizier-de-Fornas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas.
Note that all distances from Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas (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-Nizier-de-Fornas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (11km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (34km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (41km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (25km) : Le Puy en Velay (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (31km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (39km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas
Canton: Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42380
Distance to Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas
from Saint-Etienne: 25 km
from Paris: 406 km
from Calais: 638 km
from Nice: 315 km
from Bordeaux: 371 km
from Strasbourg: 450 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas): Aboen, Estivareilles, La Tourette, Luriecq, Malvalette, Merle-Leignec, Perigneux, Rozier-Cotes-d'Aurec and Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas