Balan travel guide
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Visit Balan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Balan is situated in the Ardennes department (Champagne-Ardenne region) in the north-east of France at 20 km from Charleville-Mezieres, the department capital. (General information: Balan is 211 km from Paris and 261 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sedan at 2 km from Balan
Popular places to visit near Balan: these include Sedan at 2 km and Montherme at 27 km.
Sedan is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km and Lac de Bairon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Balan: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Balan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Balan
See France This Way travel guides for and Champagne-Ardenne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Balan.
Note that all distances from Balan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Balan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Balan (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 Ardennes 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 Balan and wondering what to do next!
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Semide (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sedan (1km) :
Map of places to visit near Balan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Balan
Canton: Sedan-Est
Arrondissement: Sedan
Department: Ardennes
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Postcode: 08200
Distance to Balan
from Charleville-Mezieres: 20 km
from Paris: 211 km
from Calais: 261 km
from Nice: 688 km
from Bordeaux: 682 km
from Strasbourg: 237 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 18 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Balan): Bazeilles, Cheveuges, Daigny, Douzy, Floing, Givonne, Glaire, Illy, La Chapelle, La Moncelle, Noyers-Pont-Maugis, Remilly-Aillicourt, Rubecourt-et-Lamecourt, Saint-Menges, Sedan, Thelonne, Villers-Cernay and Wadelincourt.
Getting here
For driving distances to Balan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Balan