Usson-en-Forez travel guide
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Visit Usson-en-Forez: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Usson-en-Forez is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 36 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Usson-en-Forez is 404 km from Paris and 637 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Chaise-Dieu at 20 km from Usson-en-Forez
Popular places to visit near Usson-en-Forez: these include La Chaise-Dieu at 20 km and Ambert at 24 km.
Col des Pradeaux is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 17km and Ambert is a listed 'recommended detour' at 24km. 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 Usson-en-Forez, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Usson-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 Usson-en-Forez.
Note that all distances from Usson-en-Forez shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Usson-en-Forez holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Usson-en-Forez (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 Usson-en-Forez and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (40km) : Usson (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (27km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (37km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (40km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (45km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (47km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (36km) : Le Puy en Velay (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (24km) : Le Puy-en-Velay (38km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Usson-en-Forez & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Usson-en-Forez
Canton: Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42550
Distance to Usson-en-Forez
from Saint-Etienne: 36 km
from Paris: 404 km
from Calais: 637 km
from Nice: 324 km
from Bordeaux: 359 km
from Strasbourg: 458 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Usson-en-Forez): Apinac, Estivareilles, Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon, Sauvessanges and Viverols.
Getting here
For driving distances to Usson-en-Forez from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Usson-en-Forez