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Visit Chatelus: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chatelus is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 359 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Chatelus is 314 km from Paris and 546 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lapalisse at 10 km from Chatelus
Popular places to visit near Chatelus: these include Lapalisse at 10 km and Vichy at 25 km.
Lapalisse is a listed 'recommended detour' at 10km and Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km. 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 Chatelus, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chatelus
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chatelus.
Note that all distances from Chatelus shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chatelus holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chatelus (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 Allier 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 Chatelus and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (35km) : Les jardins Romans de Varenne-l'Arconce (37km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (38km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (46km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Semur-en-Brionnais (29km) : Charroux (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (Neuilly-en-Donjon) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Semur-en-Brionnais) (28km) : Prieuré d'Anzy-le-Duc (Anzy-le-Duc) (29km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Montceaux-l'Etoile) (30km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Varenne-l'Arconce) (36km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (25km) : Paray-le-Monial (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (10km) : Charlieu (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Chatelus & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châtelus
Canton: Lapalisse
Arrondissement: Vichy
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03640
Distance to Chatelus
from Moulins: 359 km
from Paris: 314 km
from Calais: 546 km
from Nice: 393 km
from Bordeaux: 368 km
from Strasbourg: 402 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chatelus): Arfeuilles, Droiturier, Le Breuil, Saint-Martin-d'Estreaux and Saint-Pierre-Laval.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chatelus from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chatelus