Le Chatelet travel guide
Book Hotels
Reserve online, pay at the hotel
'Best price guaranteed' by booking.com
See also: France car hire
Visit Le Chatelet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Chatelet is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 50 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Le Chatelet is 246 km from Paris and 480 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Culan at 12 km from Le Chatelet
Popular places to visit near Le Chatelet: these include Culan at 12 km and Herisson at 36 km.
Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) 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
Hover your mouse over photos of Le Chatelet for navigation buttons
Selected places to visit and attractions near Le Chatelet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Chatelet
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Chatelet.
Note that all distances from Le Chatelet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Chatelet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Chatelet (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 Le Chatelet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (5km) : Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (8km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (25km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (27km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (24km) : Bourges Cathedral (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (15km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (18km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (19km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (44km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (20km) : Issoudun (41km) : Chateauroux (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: La Chatre (23km) : Neris-les-Bains (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Chatelet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châtelet
Canton: Châtelet
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18170
Distance to Le Chatelet
from Bourges: 50 km
from Paris: 246 km
from Calais: 480 km
from Nice: 509 km
from Bordeaux: 299 km
from Strasbourg: 463 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Chatelet): Beddes, Maisonnais, Saint-Jeanvrin and Saint-Pierre-les-Bois.
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 Le Chatelet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Chatelet