Sauvain travel guide
Visit Sauvain: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Ambert at 19 km from Sauvain
Location: Sauvain is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 46 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Sauvain is 373 km from Paris and 606 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Sauvain: these include Ambert at 19 km and Livradois-Forez Regional Park at 23 km. Col des Pradeaux is a listed site of natural beauty at 17 km and Ambert is a listed recommended detour at 19 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 Sauvain, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sauvain
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sauvain.
Note that all distances from Sauvain shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sauvain 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 Sauvain
- Boen: market every Thursday (11km)
- Montbrison: market every Saturday (15km)
- Ambert: market every Thursday (19km)
- Noiretable: market every Saturday (19km)
- Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (26km)
- Feurs: market every Tuesday (26km)
- Sury-le-Comtal: market every Wednesday (27km)
- Balbigny: market every Monday (27km)
- Courpiere: market every Tuesday (30km)
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau: market every Friday (30km)
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 Sauvain and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Sauvain map below.
National Monument Aulteribe Chateau (34km)
Recommended Detour Ambert (19km); Saint-Galmier (33km)
Regional Natural Parc Livradois-Forez (26km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin de l’écomusée (31km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Thiers (35km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Col des Pradeaux (17km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (45km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (33km)
Map of places to visit near Sauvain & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sauvain
Canton: Saint-Georges-en-Couzan
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42990
Distance to Sauvain
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 46 km
from Paris: 373 km
from Calais: 606 km
from Nice: 344 km
from Bordeaux: 363 km
from Strasbourg: 435 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sauvain): Chalmazel, Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau and Saint-Georges-en-Couzan.
Getting here
For driving distances to Sauvain from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sauvain