Breves travel guide
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Visit Breves: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Breves is situated in the Nievre department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 58 km from Nevers, the department capital. (General information: Breves is 185 km from Paris and 413 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Clamecy at 8 km from Breves
Popular places to visit near Breves: these include Clamecy at 8 km and Vezelay at 12 km.
Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km and Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 12km. 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 Breves, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Breves
See France This Way travel guides for Nievre and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Breves.
Note that all distances from Breves shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Breves holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Breves (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 Breves and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (41km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (43km) : Jardin du château de Limanton (48km) : Jardin de la Chaux (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (23km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (24km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (38km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (12km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Breves & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brèves
Canton: Clamecy
Arrondissement: Clamecy
Department: Nievre
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 58530
Distance to Breves
from Nevers: 58 km
from Paris: 185 km
from Calais: 413 km
from Nice: 502 km
from Bordeaux: 431 km
from Strasbourg: 334 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Breves): Amazy, Armes, Asnois, Chamoux, Chevroches, Dornecy, Flez-Cuzy, La Maison-Dieu, Metz-le-Comte, Tannay, Teigny 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 Breves from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Breves