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Visit Lere: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lere is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 56 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Lere is 159 km from Paris and 394 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sancerre at 16 km from Lere
Popular places to visit near Lere: these include Sancerre at 16 km and Briare at 21 km.
Sancerre is a listed 'recommended detour' at 16km and Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) is a listed 'religious monument' at 21km. 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 Lere, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lere
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lere.
Note that all distances from Lere shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lere holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lere (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 Lere and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (21km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (35km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Briare (23km) : Aubigny-sur-Nere (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Lere & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Léré
Canton: Léré
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18240
Distance to Lere
from Bourges: 56 km
from Paris: 159 km
from Calais: 394 km
from Nice: 541 km
from Bordeaux: 395 km
from Strasbourg: 383 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 Lere): Belleville-sur-Loire, Boulleret, La Celle-sur-Loire, Myennes, Neuvy-sur-Loire, Savigny-en-Sancerre and Sury-Pres-Lere.
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 Lere from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lere