Saint-Polgues travel guide
Visit Saint-Polgues: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Thiers at 34 km from Saint-Polgues
Location: Saint-Polgues is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 62 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Polgues is 349 km from Paris and 582 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Saint-Polgues: these include Thiers at 34 km and Chateldon at 36 km. Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) is a listed religious monument at 29 km and Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) is a listed religious monument at 31 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-Polgues, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Polgues
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Polgues.
Note that all distances from Saint-Polgues shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Polgues 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-Polgues
- Le Coteau: market every Wednesday (15km)
- Roanne: market every Sunday & Friday (16km)
- Boen: market every Thursday (19km)
- Balbigny: market every Monday (19km)
- Noiretable: market every Saturday (19km)
- Feurs: market every Tuesday (27km)
- Amplepuis: market every Tuesday (28km)
- Saint-Remy-sur-Durolle: market every Sunday (30km)
- Le Mayet-de-Montagne: market every Monday (30km)
- Charlieu: market every Wednesday & Saturday (31km)
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-Polgues and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Polgues map below.
Most Beautiful Village Semur-en-Brionnais (40km)
National Monument Aulteribe Chateau (40km)
Recommended Detour Charlieu (31km); Saint-Galmier (44km); Lapalisse (46km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (48km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (49km)
Religious Monument Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (29km); Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (31km); Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (34km); Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (40km)
Remarkable Garden Le jardin de Zéphyr (46km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Thiers (34km)
Village D'etape Lapalisse (46km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (44km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Polgues & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Polgues
Canton: Saint-Germain-Laval
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42260
Distance to Saint-Polgues
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 62 km
from Paris: 349 km
from Calais: 582 km
from Nice: 357 km
from Bordeaux: 375 km
from Strasbourg: 411 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Polgues): Amions, Bully, Cremeaux, Dance, Grezolles, Lure, Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire and Souternon.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Polgues from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Polgues