Jargeau travel guide
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Visit Jargeau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Jargeau is situated in the Loiret department (Loire Valley region) in the western-centre of France at 17 km from Orleans, the department capital. (General information: Jargeau is 112 km from Paris and 344 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey at 15 km from Jargeau
Popular places to visit near Jargeau: these include Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey at 15 km and Orleans at 17 km.
Saint-Cyr-en-Val is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 12km and Parc Floral de la Source is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Jargeau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Jargeau
See France This Way travel guides for Loiret and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Jargeau.
Note that all distances from Jargeau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Jargeau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Jargeau (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 Loiret 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 Jargeau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc Floral de la Source (14km) : Arboretum des grandes bruyères (16km) : Les prés-Culand (32km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (15km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (27km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-en-Val (12km) : Olivet (17km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (17km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (19km) : Quiers-sur-Bezonde (28km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (39km) : Aubigny-sur-Nere (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orleans (17km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Beaugency (38km) : Montargis (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Jargeau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Jargeau
Canton: Jargeau
Arrondissement: Orléans
Department: Loiret
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 45150
Distance to Jargeau
from Orleans: 17 km
from Paris: 112 km
from Calais: 344 km
from Nice: 610 km
from Bordeaux: 395 km
from Strasbourg: 424 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Jargeau): Bou, Darvoy, Donnery, Ferolles, Mardie, Ouvrouer-les-Champs and Saint-Denis-de-l'Hotel.
Getting here
Loiret is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will either fly into one of the airports in Paris (Orly / Charles de Gaulle) or come via a ferry from the UK to a port such as Le Havre and Caen, 3-4 hours drive from here. For driving distances to Jargeau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Jargeau