Fourchambault travel guide
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Visit Fourchambault: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fourchambault is situated in the Nievre department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 6 km from Nevers, the department capital. (General information: Fourchambault is 212 km from Paris and 447 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nevers at 6 km from Fourchambault
Popular places to visit near Fourchambault: these include Nevers at 6 km and Apremont-sur-Allier at 13 km.
Nevers is a listed 'town of art and history' at 6km and Forgeneuve is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Fourchambault: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Fourchambault, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fourchambault
See France This Way travel guides for Nievre and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fourchambault.
Note that all distances from Fourchambault shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fourchambault holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fourchambault (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 Nievre 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 Fourchambault and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Forgeneuve (8km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (12km) : Arboretum de Balaine (37km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (13km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (19km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (30km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (34km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (39km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (39km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nevers (6km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Fourchambault & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fourchambault
Canton: Pougues-les-Eaux
Arrondissement: Nevers
Department: Nievre
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 58600
Distance to Fourchambault
from Nevers: 6 km
from Paris: 212 km
from Calais: 447 km
from Nice: 492 km
from Bordeaux: 372 km
from Strasbourg: 390 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fourchambault): Cours-les-Barres, Garchizy, Marzy, Nevers and Varennes-Vauzelles.
Getting here
Nievre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port, operhaps Calais or Dunkirk at about 5 - 6 hours. For driving distances to Fourchambault from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fourchambault