Bellegarde travel guide
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Visit Bellegarde: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bellegarde is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 41 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Bellegarde is 97 km from Paris and 332 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Yevre-le-Chatel at 21 km from Bellegarde
Popular places to visit near Bellegarde: these include Yevre-le-Chatel at 21 km and Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey at 22 km.
Quiers-sur-Bezonde is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 1km and Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Bellegarde: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bellegarde, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bellegarde
See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bellegarde.
Note that all distances from Bellegarde shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bellegarde holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bellegarde (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 Loiret 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 Bellegarde and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum des grandes bruyères (17km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (33km) : Parc Floral de la Source (41km) : Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (7km) : Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Quiers-sur-Bezonde (1km) : Saint-Cyr-en-Val (39km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (39km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (43km) : Olivet (43km) : Briare (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orleans (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montargis (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Bellegarde & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bellegarde
Canton: Bellegarde
Arrondissement: Montargis
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45270
Distance to Bellegarde
from Orleans: 41 km
from Paris: 97 km
from Calais: 332 km
from Nice: 606 km
from Bordeaux: 420 km
from Strasbourg: 398 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 Bellegarde): Auvilliers-en-Gatinais, Boiscommun, Freville-du-Gatinais, Mezieres-en-Gatinais, Montliard, Nesploy, Ouzouer-sous-Bellegarde, Quiers-sur-Bezonde and Saint-Loup-Des-Vignes.
Getting here
Loiret is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris (Orly / Charles de Gaulle) or come via a ferry from the UK to a port such as Le Havre and Caen, 3-4 hours drive from here. For driving distances to Bellegarde from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bellegarde