Virigneux travel guide
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Visit Virigneux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Virigneux is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 26 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Virigneux is 383 km from Paris and 613 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Eveux at 25 km from Virigneux
Popular places to visit near Virigneux: these include Eveux at 25 km and Saint-Etienne at 28 km.
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 10km and Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Virigneux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Virigneux
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Virigneux.
Note that all distances from Virigneux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Virigneux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Virigneux (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 Virigneux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Gerland (39km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (39km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (40km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (37km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (11km) : Ecully (34km) : Chaponnay (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (26km) : Vienne (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (10km) : Trevoux (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Virigneux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Virigneux
Canton: Chazelles-sur-Lyon
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42140
Distance to Virigneux
from Saint-Etienne: 26 km
from Paris: 383 km
from Calais: 613 km
from Nice: 319 km
from Bordeaux: 397 km
from Strasbourg: 412 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Virigneux): Bellegarde-en-Forez, Chazelles-sur-Lyon, Grezieu-le-Marche, Haute-Rivoire, Maringes, Meys, Saint-Barthelemy-Lestra, Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes, Saint-Martin-Lestra, Salt-en-Donzy, Valeille and Viricelles.
Getting here
For driving distances to Virigneux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Virigneux