Charentenay travel guide
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Visit Charentenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Charentenay is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 16 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Charentenay is 160 km from Paris and 387 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Auxerre at 17 km from Charentenay
Popular places to visit near Charentenay: these include Auxerre at 17 km and Clamecy at 21 km.
Auxerre is a listed 'town of art and history' at 17km and Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 26km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Charentenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Charentenay
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Charentenay.
Note that all distances from Charentenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Charentenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Charentenay (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 Yonne 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 Charentenay and wondering what to do next!
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (29km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (32km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (48km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (26km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (17km) : Joigny (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Charentenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Charentenay
Canton: Coulanges-la-Vineuse
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89580
Distance to Charentenay
from Auxerre: 16 km
from Paris: 160 km
from Calais: 387 km
from Nice: 526 km
from Bordeaux: 445 km
from Strasbourg: 329 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Charentenay): Coulangeron, Coulanges-la-Vineuse, Courson-les-Carrieres, Fontenailles, Fontenay-sous-Fouronnes, Fouronnes, Merry-Sec, Mige, Molesmes, Mouffy and Val-de-Mercy.
Getting here
Yonne is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into Paris orly or Charles de Gaulle airports and rent a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 5 - 6 hours driving time. For driving distances to Charentenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Charentenay