Charentonnay travel guide
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Visit Charentonnay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Charentonnay is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 37 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Charentonnay is 194 km from Paris and 429 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Charite-sur-Loire at 12 km from Charentonnay
Popular places to visit near Charentonnay: these include La Charite-sur-Loire at 12 km and Sancerre at 21 km.
Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km and Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Charentonnay: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Charentonnay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Charentonnay
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Charentonnay.
Note that all distances from Charentonnay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Charentonnay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Charentonnay (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 Cher 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 Charentonnay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Forgeneuve (28km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (30km) : Les Prés Fichaux (37km) :
- National Monuments: Bourges Cathedral (37km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (37km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (11km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (12km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (25km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (36km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (37km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (37km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nevers (27km) : Bourges (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (21km) :
Map of places to visit near Charentonnay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Charentonnay
Canton: Sancergues
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18140
Distance to Charentonnay
from Bourges: 37 km
from Paris: 194 km
from Calais: 429 km
from Nice: 514 km
from Bordeaux: 370 km
from Strasbourg: 397 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Charentonnay): Couy, Jussy-le-Chaudrier, Lugny-Champagne, Precy, Saint-Martin-Des-Champs, Sancergues and Sevry.
Getting here
Cher is in the center of France. Most visitors fly into Paris and rent a car or drive from one of the channel ports such as Caen or Le Havre, a drive af about 2-3 hours. For driving distances to Charentonnay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Charentonnay