Amplepuis travel guide
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Visit Amplepuis: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Amplepuis is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 45 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Amplepuis is 354 km from Paris and 583 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Oingt at 19 km from Amplepuis
Popular places to visit near Amplepuis: these include Oingt at 19 km and Theize at 22 km. Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 19km and Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 25km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Amplepuis, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Amplepuis and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Amplepuis
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (27km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (30km) : Parc du château de Laye (32km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (38km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (41km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (44km) : Parc de Gerland (45km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (19km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (25km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (43km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (44km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (45km) : Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (45km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (40km) : Saint-Galmier (42km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (25km) : Trevoux (34km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (38km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Amplepuis & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Amplepuis
Canton: Amplepuis
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69550
Distance to Amplepuis
from Lyon: 45 km
from Paris: 354 km
from Calais: 583 km
from Nice: 342 km
from Bordeaux: 403 km
from Strasbourg: 389 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Amplepuis (within 6 km): Chirassimont : Cublize : Fourneaux : Les Sauvages : Machezal : Ronno : Saint-Jean-la-Bussiere : Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins :
Amplepuis holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Amplepuis