Elan travel guide
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Visit Elan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Elan is situated in the Ardennes department (Champagne-Ardenne region) in the north-east of France at 12 km from Charleville-Mezieres, the department capital. (General information: Elan is 196 km from Paris and 251 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sedan at 14 km from Elan
Popular places to visit near Elan: these include Sedan at 14 km and Montherme at 25 km.
Sedan is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km and Lac de Bairon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Elan: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Elan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Elan
See France This Way travel guides for and Champagne-Ardenne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Elan.
Note that all distances from Elan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Elan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Elan (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 Ardennes 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 Elan and wondering what to do next!
- Beautiful Villages: Parfondeval (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Semide (38km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Sedan (14km) :
Map of places to visit near Elan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Élan
Canton: Flize
Arrondissement: Charleville-Mézières
Department: Ardennes
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Postcode: 08160
Distance to Elan
from Charleville-Mezieres: 12 km
from Paris: 196 km
from Calais: 251 km
from Nice: 690 km
from Bordeaux: 670 km
from Strasbourg: 249 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Elan): Balaives-et-Butz, Boulzicourt, Boutancourt, Chalandry-Elaire, Dom-le-Mesnil, Etrepigny, Flize, Hannogne-Saint-Martin, Nouvion-sur-Meuse, Omicourt, Saint-Marceau, Saint-Pierre-sur-Vence, Sapogne-et-Feucheres, Singly, Villers-le-Tilleul and Villers-sur-le-Mont.
Getting here
For driving distances to Elan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Elan