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Visit Chaumont: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chaumont is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 38 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Chaumont is 226 km from Paris and 461 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Apremont-sur-Allier at 26 km from Chaumont
Popular places to visit near Chaumont: these include Apremont-sur-Allier at 26 km and Nevers at 35 km.
Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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 Chaumont, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chaumont
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chaumont.
Note that all distances from Chaumont shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chaumont holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chaumont (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 Chaumont and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc floral d'Apremont (23km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (35km) : Forgeneuve (38km) : Les Prés Fichaux (38km) : Arboretum de Balaine (41km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (47km) :
- National Monuments: Bourges Cathedral (37km) : Palace Jacques Coeur (38km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (6km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (14km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (18km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (25km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (37km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nevers (35km) : Bourges (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Chaumont & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chaumont
Canton: Sancoins
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18350
Distance to Chaumont
from Bourges: 38 km
from Paris: 226 km
from Calais: 461 km
from Nice: 497 km
from Bordeaux: 341 km
from Strasbourg: 421 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chaumont): Bannegon, Blet, Chalivoy-Milon, Givardon, Neuilly-en-Dun and Sagonne.
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 Chaumont from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chaumont