Irigny tourism and travel guide
Visit Irigny: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsIrigny is situated in the Rhone department and Rhone-Alpes region (now part of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region), in the eastern-center of France at 10 kilometres from Lyon, the department capital (general information: Irigny is 400 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Lyon Old Town at 10 km and Lyon at 10 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Irigny, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Irigny in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Rhone
Map of places to visit near Irigny
Markets in and near Irigny
- Feyzin: market Sunday (3km)
- Pierre-Benite: market Wednesday & Sunday (3km)
- Saint-Fons: market Tuesday & Saturday (5km)
- Oullins: market Tuesday & Thursday (5km)
- Brignais: market Saturday (5km)
- La Mulatiere: market Tuesday & Friday (6km)
- Chaponost: market Sunday (7km)
- Bron: market Tuesday & Saturday & Monday & Friday (10km)
- Lyon: market every day except Monday (11km)
- Givors: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Friday (11km)
More information about Irigny, Rhone-Alpes
Tourist attractions near Irigny, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Irigny.
Aquarium
- Aquarium de Lyon (6km)
Heritage sites
- Historic Lyon (10km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Pilat (36km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (9km)
- Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (10km)
Remarkable gardens
- Parc de Gerland (10km)
- Parc de la Tête d'Or (12km)
- Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (32km)
- Parc du château de Laye (44km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Lyon (11km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Laboratoire d’écologie des hydrosystèmes naturels et anthropisés (12km)
- Grand parc de Miribel-Jonage (18km)
- Oeillon Crest (35km)
- Perdrix Crest (38km)
Towns of Art and history
- Vienne (17km)
- Saint-Etienne (41km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Chaponnay (10km)
- Ecully (12km)
- Saint-Vulbas (40km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Jardin zoologique de la ville de Lyon (12km)
- Parc animalier de Courzieu (19km)
- Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (23km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Irigny
Canton: Irigny
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69540
Distance to Irigny
from Lyon (prefecture): 10 km
from Paris: 400 km
from Calais: 626 km
from Nice: 292 km
from Bordeaux: 433 km
from Strasbourg: 392 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Irigny from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 18 other places listed as being close (less than 6 kilometres from Irigny): Brignais, Charly, Corbas, Feyzin, La Mulatiere, Millery, Montagny, Oullins, Pierre-Benite, Saint-Fons, Saint-Genis-Laval, Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon, Serezin-du-Rhone, Simandres, Solaize, Venissieux, Vernaison and Vourles.
This page in French: Visitez Irigny