Branges travel guide
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Visit Branges: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Branges is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 47 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Branges is 325 km from Paris and 537 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tournus at 23 km from Branges
Popular places to visit near Branges: these include Tournus at 23 km and Lons-le-Saunier at 28 km.
Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) is a listed 'religious monument' at 23km and Chalon-sur-Saone is a listed 'town of art and history' at 30km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Branges: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Branges, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Branges
See France This Way travel guides for Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Branges.
Note that all distances from Branges shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Branges holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Branges (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 Saone-et-Loire 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 Branges and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (30km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (36km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (36km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (48km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Macon (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chalon-sur-Saone (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Branges & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Branges
Canton: Louhans
Arrondissement: Louhans
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71500
Distance to Branges
from Macon: 47 km
from Paris: 325 km
from Calais: 537 km
from Nice: 366 km
from Bordeaux: 490 km
from Strasbourg: 289 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Branges): Bantanges, Bruailles, Juif, La Chapelle-Naude, Louhans, Montagny-Pres-Louhans, Montret, Saint-Usuge, Sornay and Vincelles.
Getting here
Saone-et-Loire 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 - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to Branges from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Branges