Mehun-sur-Yevre travel guide
Visit Mehun-sur-Yevre: Highlights and Tourist Information
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Location: Mehun-sur-Yevre is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 15 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Mehun-sur-Yevre is 190 km from Paris and 424 km from the port at Calais).
Tourist classifications for Mehun-sur-Yevre: Recommended detour town (fr: plus beau détour);
Market days in Mehun-sur-Yevre: weekly market: Wednesday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Mehun-sur-Yevre: these include Bourges at 15 km and Issoudun at 27 km. St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) is a listed religious monument at 8 km and Bourges is a listed secteur sauvegarde at 15 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Mehun-sur-Yevre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mehun-sur-Yevre
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mehun-sur-Yevre.
Note that all distances from Mehun-sur-Yevre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mehun-sur-Yevre holidays and travel
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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
Markets near Mehun-sur-Yevre
- Mehun-sur-Yevre: market every Wednesday (0km)
- Vierzon: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday (14km)
- Bourges: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday & Friday (15km)
- Reuilly: market every Friday (15km)
- Saint-Florent-sur-Cher: market every Friday & (17km)
- Chatres-sur-Cher: market every Tuesday (27km)
- Issoudun: market every Saturday all day (28km)
- Gracay: market every Thursday (28km)
- Henrichemont: market every Wednesday (29km)
- Mennetou-sur-Cher: market every Thursday (30km)
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 Mehun-sur-Yevre and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Mehun-sur-Yevre map below.
National Monument Palace Jacques Coeur (15km); Bourges Cathedral (15km)
Religious Monument St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (8km); Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (24km); Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (37km); Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (39km); Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (48km)
Remarkable Garden Les Prés Fichaux (15km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Bourges (15km)
Town Of Art And History Bourges (15km)
Village D'etape Vatan (32km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Bourges (15km); Issoudun (28km); Aubigny-sur-Nere (42km); Chateauroux (55km)
Map of places to visit near Mehun-sur-Yevre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Canton: Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Arrondissement: Vierzon
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18500
Distance to Mehun-sur-Yevre
from Bourges (local prefecture): 15 km
from Paris: 190 km
from Calais: 424 km
from Nice: 549 km
from Bordeaux: 335 km
from Strasbourg: 442 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mehun-sur-Yevre): Allouis, Berry-Bouy, Foecy, Marmagne, Preuilly, Quincy and Vignoux-sur-Barangeon.
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 Mehun-sur-Yevre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mehun-sur-Yevre