Villecheneve travel guide
Visit Villecheneve: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Eveux at 17 km from Villecheneve
Location: Villecheneve is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 34 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Villecheneve is 372 km from Paris and 601 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Villecheneve: these include Eveux at 17 km and Bagnols at 19 km. Parc animalier de Courzieu is a listed zoo or wildlife park at 16 km and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed recommended detour at 20 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 Villecheneve, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villecheneve
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villecheneve.
Note that all distances from Villecheneve shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villecheneve 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 Rhone gites and villas
Markets near Villecheneve
- Sain-Bel: market every Saturday (15km)
- Feurs: market every Tuesday (16km)
- Balbigny: market every Monday (17km)
- Le Bois-d'Oingt: market every Tuesday (18km)
- Amplepuis: market every Tuesday (18km)
- Chazelles-sur-Lyon: market every Friday (20km)
- Montrond-les-Bains: market every Thursday (23km)
- Chazay-d'Azergues: market every Thursday & Thursday (25km)
- Craponne: market every Wednesday & Saturday (26km)
- Saint-Galmier: market every Monday (26km)
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 Villecheneve and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Villecheneve map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (33km)
Heritage Site Historic Lyon (34km)
Most Beautiful Village Oingt (20km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (20km); Saint-Galmier (26km); Trevoux (32km); Charlieu (43km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (33km); Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (34km); Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (43km); Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (44km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (26km); Parc de Gerland (34km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (35km); Parc du château de Laye (37km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Lyon (34km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (40km); Vienne (49km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (26km); Ecully (29km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc animalier de Courzieu (16km); Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (32km); Parc de la Tête d'Or (35km); Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon (35km)
Map of places to visit near Villecheneve & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villechenève
Canton: Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69770
Distance to Villecheneve
from Lyon (local prefecture): 34 km
from Paris: 372 km
from Calais: 601 km
from Nice: 326 km
from Bordeaux: 404 km
from Strasbourg: 398 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villecheneve): Affoux, Chambost-Longessaigne, Longessaigne, Montrottier, Panissieres, Saint-Forgeux and Violay.
Getting here
For driving distances to Villecheneve from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villecheneve