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Visit Ecoche: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ecoche is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 79 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Ecoche is 333 km from Paris and 562 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 20 km from Ecoche
Popular places to visit near Ecoche: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 20 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 25 km. Le jardin de Zéphyr is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km and Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Ecoche, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Ecoche and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Ecoche
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Zéphyr (9km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (16km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (20km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (22km) : Parc du château de Laye (34km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (38km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (20km) : Oingt (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (10km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (22km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (29km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (35km) : Macon (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (10km) : Trevoux (44km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Ecoche & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Écoche
Canton: Belmont-de-la-Loire
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42670
Distance to Ecoche
from Saint-Etienne: 79 km
from Paris: 333 km
from Calais: 562 km
from Nice: 360 km
from Bordeaux: 407 km
from Strasbourg: 374 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Ecoche (within 6 km): Arcinges : Belmont-de-la-Loire : Chateauneuf : Chauffailles : Coublanc : Cuinzier : Jarnosse : Le Cergne : Maizilly : Mars : Saint-Igny-de-Roche : Saint-Martin-de-Lixy : Tancon : Thel :
Ecoche holidays and travel
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Holiday rentals: Loire gites and villas
This page in French: Visitez Ecoche