Armes travel guide

Armes photo, taken in Clamecy France

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Visit Armes: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Armes is situated in the Nievre department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 59 km from Nevers, the department capital. (General information: Armes is 179 km from Paris and 407 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Clamecy at 2 km from Armes

Popular places to visit near Armes: these include Clamecy at 2 km and Vezelay at 15 km.

Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 15km and Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Armes, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Armes

photo of Vezelay
Vezelay 15km
photo of Avallon
Avallon 28km
photo of Auxerre
Auxerre 38km
photo of Chablis
Chablis 44km

See France This Way travel guides for Nievre and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Armes.

Note that all distances from Armes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Armes holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Armes (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).

For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Nievre gites and villas


Tourist attractions nearby

Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Armes and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (46km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (43km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (16km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (29km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (34km) :
  4. Heritage Sites: Vezelay (15km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (38km) :

Map of places to visit near Armes & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Armes

Canton: Clamecy

Arrondissement: Clamecy

Department: Nievre

Region: Burgundy

Postcode: 58500

Distance to Armes

from Nevers: 59 km

from Paris: 179 km

from Calais: 407 km

from Nice: 508 km

from Bordeaux: 431 km

from Strasbourg: 337 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Armes): Breves, Chevroches, Clamecy, Dornecy, Licheres-sur-Yonne, Pousseaux, Rix, Surgy and Villiers-sur-Yonne.

Getting here

Nievre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port, operhaps Calais or Dunkirk at about 5 - 6 hours. For driving distances to Armes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Armes