Ligny-le-Chatel travel guide

Ligny-le-Chatel photo, taken in Pontigny France

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Visit Ligny-le-Chatel: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Ligny-le-Chatel is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 18 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Ligny-le-Chatel is 149 km from Paris and 366 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Pontigny at 4 km from Ligny-le-Chatel

Popular places to visit near Ligny-le-Chatel: these include Pontigny at 4 km and Chablis at 10 km.

Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. 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 Ligny-le-Chatel, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ligny-le-Chatel

photo of Chablis
Chablis 10km
photo of Auxerre
Auxerre 18km
photo of Joigny
Joigny 28km
photo of Avallon
Avallon 47km
photo of Vezelay
Vezelay 48km

See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ligny-le-Chatel.

Note that all distances from Ligny-le-Chatel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Ligny-le-Chatel holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ligny-le-Chatel (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 Yonne 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 Ligny-le-Chatel and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du prieuré (36km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (29km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (3km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (12km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (48km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Sens (49km) :
  5. Heritage Sites: Vezelay (48km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (18km) : Joigny (38km) :

Map of places to visit near Ligny-le-Chatel & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Ligny-le-Châtel

Canton: Ligny-le-Châtel

Arrondissement: Auxerre

Department: Yonne

Region: Burgundy

Postcode: 89144

Distance to Ligny-le-Chatel

from Auxerre: 18 km

from Paris: 149 km

from Calais: 366 km

from Nice: 540 km

from Bordeaux: 476 km

from Strasbourg: 305 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ligny-le-Chatel): Fontenay-Pres-Chablis, Lignorelles, Maligny, Mere, Montigny-la-Resle, Pontigny, Varennes, Venouse, Villiers-Vineux and Villy.

Getting here

Yonne is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into Paris orly or Charles de Gaulle airports and rent a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 5 - 6 hours driving time. For driving distances to Ligny-le-Chatel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Ligny-le-Chatel