Couargues travel guide

Couargues photo, taken in Sancerre France

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Visit Couargues: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Couargues is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 45 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Couargues is 179 km from Paris and 414 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Sancerre at 7 km from Couargues

Popular places to visit near Couargues: these include Sancerre at 7 km and La Charite-sur-Loire at 15 km.

Sancerre is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km and Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. 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 Couargues, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Couargues

photo of Nevers
Nevers 38km
photo of Briare
Briare 41km
photo of Bourges
Bourges 46km
photo of Clamecy
Clamecy 49km

See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Couargues.

Note that all distances from Couargues shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Couargues holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Couargues (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 Couargues and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Forgeneuve (38km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (44km) : Les Prés Fichaux (46km) :
  2. National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (46km) : Bourges Cathedral (46km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (45km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (15km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (15km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (17km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (40km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (46km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (48km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigny-sur-Nere (42km) : Briare (42km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Nevers (38km) : Bourges (46km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (7km) :

Map of places to visit near Couargues & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Couargues

Canton: Sancerre

Arrondissement: Bourges

Department: Cher

Region: Loire Valley

Postcode: 18300

Distance to Couargues

from Bourges: 45 km

from Paris: 179 km

from Calais: 414 km

from Nice: 524 km

from Bordeaux: 383 km

from Strasbourg: 387 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Couargues): Menetreol-sous-Sancerre, Mesves-sur-Loire, Pouilly-sur-Loire, Saint-Andelain, Saint-Bouize, Saint-Satur, Thauvenay and Tracy-sur-Loire.

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 Couargues from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Couargues