Briennon travel guide
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Visit Briennon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Briennon is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 81 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Briennon is 328 km from Paris and 559 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 13 km from Briennon
Popular places to visit near Briennon: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 13 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 19 km. Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Briennon, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Briennon and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Briennon
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Chaumont (21km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (22km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (23km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (25km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (13km) : Oingt (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (3km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (6km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (13km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (19km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (26km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (27km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (7km) : Lapalisse (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Briennon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Briennon
Canton: Roanne-Nord
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42720
Distance to Briennon
from Saint-Etienne: 81 km
from Paris: 328 km
from Calais: 559 km
from Nice: 370 km
from Bordeaux: 392 km
from Strasbourg: 386 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Briennon (within 6 km): Iguerande : La Benisson-Dieu : Nandax : Noailly : Pouilly-sous-Charlieu : Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu : Saint-Pierre-la-Noaille : Vougy :
Briennon holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Briennon