Vivans travel guide

Vivans photo, taken in Semur-en-Brionnais France

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Visit Vivans: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Vivans is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 89 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Vivans is 320 km from Paris and 551 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 14 km from Vivans

Popular places to visit near Vivans: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 14 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 17 km.

Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Semur-en-Brionnais is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 14km. 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 Vivans, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vivans

photo of Vichy
Vichy 40km
photo of Thiers
Thiers 48km

See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vivans.

Note that all distances from Vivans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Vivans holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vivans (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 Vivans and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (24km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (24km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (31km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (32km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (45km) : Parc du domaine royal de Randan (49km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (14km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (10km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (14km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (17km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (18km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (30km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (32km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (32km) : Vichy (40km) :
  5. Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (18km) : Lapalisse (24km) :

Map of places to visit near Vivans & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Vivans

Canton: Pacaudière

Arrondissement: Roanne

Department: Loire

Region: Rhone-Alpes

Postcode: 42310

Distance to Vivans

from Saint-Etienne: 89 km

from Paris: 320 km

from Calais: 551 km

from Nice: 381 km

from Bordeaux: 383 km

from Strasbourg: 391 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vivans): Changy, Chenay-le-Chatel, La Pacaudiere and Melay.

Getting here

For driving distances to Vivans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Vivans