Saint-Sixte travel guide
Visit Saint-Sixte: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 30 km from Saint-Sixte
Location: Saint-Sixte is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 50 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Sixte is 364 km from Paris and 596 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Saint-Sixte: these include Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 30 km and Ambert at 31 km. Col des Pradeaux is a listed site of natural beauty at 30 km and Ambert is a listed recommended detour 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-Sixte, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Sixte
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Sixte.
Note that all distances from Saint-Sixte shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Sixte 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-Sixte
- Boen: market every Thursday (4km)
- Balbigny: market every Monday (16km)
- Noiretable: market every Saturday (17km)
- Feurs: market every Tuesday (19km)
- Montbrison: market every Saturday (20km)
- Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (24km)
- Le Coteau: market every Wednesday (29km)
- Roanne: market every Sunday & Friday (31km)
- Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (31km)
- Ambert: market every Thursday (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-Sixte and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Sixte map below.
National Monument Aulteribe Chateau (37km)
Recommended Detour Ambert (31km); Saint-Galmier (33km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (40km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (38km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Thiers (35km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (30km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (48km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (33km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Sixte & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Sixte
Canton: Boën
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42130
Distance to Saint-Sixte
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 50 km
from Paris: 364 km
from Calais: 596 km
from Nice: 347 km
from Bordeaux: 371 km
from Strasbourg: 422 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Sixte): Ailleux, Arthun, Boen, Bussy-Albieux, Cezay, Debats-Riviere-d'Orpra, Leigneux, Nollieux, Palogneux, Sail-sous-Couzan, Saint-Laurent-Rochefort and Trelins.
Getting here
For driving distances to Saint-Sixte from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Sixte