Vaulx-en-Velin travel guide
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Visit Vaulx-en-Velin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vaulx-en-Velin is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 6 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Vaulx-en-Velin is 393 km from Paris and 618 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lyon at 6 km from Vaulx-en-Velin
Popular places to visit near Vaulx-en-Velin: these include Lyon at 6 km and Trevoux at 21 km. Parc de la Tête d'Or is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Parc de Gerland is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Vaulx-en-Velin, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Vaulx-en-Velin and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Vaulx-en-Velin
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de la Tête d'Or (5km) : Parc de Gerland (6km) : Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (26km) : Parc du château de Laye (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (24km) : Oingt (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (6km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (23km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (11km) : Chaponnay (17km) : Saint-Vulbas (29km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (38km) : Morestel (44km) : Vonnas (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (6km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vienne (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (21km) : Cremieu (26km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Vaulx-en-Velin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vaulx-en-Velin
Canton: Vaulx-en-Velin
Arrondissement: Lyon
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69120
Distance to Vaulx-en-Velin
from Lyon: 6 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 618 km
from Nice: 296 km
from Bordeaux: 442 km
from Strasbourg: 378 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Vaulx-en-Velin (within 6 km): Bron : Caluire-et-Cuire : Chassieu : Decines-Charpieu : Miribel : Neyron : Rillieux-la-Pape : Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost : Sathonay-Camp : Sathonay-Village : Villeurbanne :
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This page in French: Visitez Vaulx-en-Velin