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Visit Balan: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Balan is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 43 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Balan is 395 km from Paris and 617 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Perouges at 10 km from Balan

Popular places to visit near Balan: these include Perouges at 10 km and Cremieu at 17 km. Perouges is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 10km and Saint-Vulbas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Selected places to visit and attractions near Balan, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

Perouges 10km

Cremieu 17km

Dombes 20km

Lyon 22km

Trevoux 28km

Anse 32km

Vienne 38km

Theize 39km

Oingt 42km

Bourg-en-Bresse 43km

Belley 46km

Things to see in Balan and nearby

Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Balan

'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (20km) : Parc de Gerland (22km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (34km) : Parc du château de Laye (39km) :
National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (43km) :
Beautiful Villages: Perouges (10km) : Oingt (42km) :
Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (22km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (35km) :
Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Vulbas (15km) : Ecully (26km) : Chaponnay (26km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (34km) : Morestel (34km) : Vonnas (43km) :
Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (22km) :
Towns of Art and History: Vienne (38km) :
Recommended Detour Town: Cremieu (17km) : Trevoux (28km) :