Franchesse travel guide
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Visit Franchesse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Franchesse is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 313 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Franchesse is 252 km from Paris and 487 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Souvigny at 16 km from Franchesse
Popular places to visit near Franchesse: these include Souvigny at 16 km and Moulins at 24 km.
Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km. 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 Franchesse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Franchesse
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Franchesse.
Note that all distances from Franchesse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Franchesse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Franchesse (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 Franchesse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum de Balaine (17km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (30km) : Forgeneuve (43km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (3km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (37km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (45km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (46km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (47km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Moulins (24km) : Nevers (41km) : Montlucon (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Neris-les-Bains (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Franchesse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Franchesse
Canton: Bourbon-l'Archambault
Arrondissement: Moulins
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03160
Distance to Franchesse
from Moulins: 313 km
from Paris: 252 km
from Calais: 487 km
from Nice: 465 km
from Bordeaux: 344 km
from Strasbourg: 414 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Franchesse): Bourbon-l'Archambault, Limoise, Saint-Leopardin-d'Augy and Saint-Plaisir.
Getting here
For driving distances to Franchesse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Franchesse