Roanne travel guide
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Visit Roanne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Roanne is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 70 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Roanne is 338 km from Paris and 569 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Semur-en-Brionnais at 24 km from Roanne
Popular places to visit near Roanne: these include Semur-en-Brionnais at 24 km and Anzy-le-Duc at 31 km. Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km and Charlieu is a listed 'recommended detour' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Roanne: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Selected places to visit and attractions near Roanne, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Roanne and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Roanne
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le jardin de Zéphyr (31km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (33km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (34km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (35km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (24km) : Oingt (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (13km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (24km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (31km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (34km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (37km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Charlieu (15km) : Lapalisse (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Roanne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Roanne
Canton: Roanne
Arrondissement: Roanne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42300
Distance to Roanne
from Saint-Etienne: 70 km
from Paris: 338 km
from Calais: 569 km
from Nice: 362 km
from Bordeaux: 387 km
from Strasbourg: 396 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Roanne (within 6 km): Commelle-Vernay : Le Coteau : Mably : Notre-Dame-de-Boisset : Parigny : Perreux : Riorges : Saint-Leger-sur-Roanne : Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset : Villerest :
Roanne holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Roanne