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Visit Mere: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mere is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 22 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Mere is 152 km from Paris and 368 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pontigny at 8 km from Mere
Popular places to visit near Mere: these include Pontigny at 8 km and Chablis at 10 km.
Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. 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 Mere, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mere
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mere.
Note that all distances from Mere shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mere holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mere (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 Mere and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du prieuré (32km) : Jardin du moulin de Athie (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (17km) : Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (49km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Neuville-sur-Seine (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (22km) : Joigny (43km) : Troyes (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Mere & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Méré
Canton: Ligny-le-Châtel
Arrondissement: Auxerre
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89144
Distance to Mere
from Auxerre: 22 km
from Paris: 152 km
from Calais: 368 km
from Nice: 538 km
from Bordeaux: 479 km
from Strasbourg: 300 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mere): Bernouil, Carisey, Dye, Flogny-la-Chapelle, Fontenay-Pres-Chablis, Ligny-le-Chatel, Maligny, Tissey, Varennes, Vezannes, 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 Mere from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mere