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Visit Rance: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rance is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 38 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Rance is 373 km from Paris and 597 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Trevoux at 8 km from Rance
Popular places to visit near Rance: these include Trevoux at 8 km and Dombes at 11 km. Trevoux is a listed 'recommended detour' at 8km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Rance, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Rance and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Rance
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (14km) : Parc du château de Laye (16km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (21km) : Parc de Gerland (23km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (49km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (22km) : Perouges (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (23km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (42km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (18km) : Ecully (22km) : Vonnas (29km) : Saint-Vulbas (36km) : Macon (37km) : Chaponnay (38km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (8km) : Cremieu (40km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Rance & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rancé
Canton: Reyrieux
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01390
Distance to Rance
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 38 km
from Paris: 373 km
from Calais: 597 km
from Nice: 315 km
from Bordeaux: 443 km
from Strasbourg: 363 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Rance (within 6 km): Amberieux-en-Dombes : Ars-sur-Formans : Civrieux : Miserieux : Monthieux : Parcieux : Reyrieux : Saint-Jean-de-Thurigneux : Sainte-Euphemie : Savigneux : Toussieux : Trevoux :
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This page in French: Visitez Rance