Montchanin travel guide
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Visit Montchanin: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montchanin is situated in the Saone-et-Loire department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 56 km from Macon, the department capital. (General information: Montchanin is 283 km from Paris and 505 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cormatin at 27 km from Montchanin
Popular places to visit near Montchanin: these include Cormatin at 27 km and Autun at 27 km.
Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km and Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) 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 Montchanin, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montchanin
See France This Way travel guides for Saone-et-Loire and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montchanin.
Note that all distances from Montchanin shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montchanin holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montchanin (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 Saone-et-Loire 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 Montchanin and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Digoine (29km) : Parc et jardins du château de Sully (29km) :
- Religious monuments: Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (12km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (24km) : Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (29km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (33km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (37km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (38km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (42km) : Beaune (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Autun (27km) : Chalon-sur-Saone (29km) :
- Grand Site of France: Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Montchanin & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montchanin
Canton: Montchanin
Arrondissement: Chalon-sur-Saône
Department: Saone-et-Loire
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 71210
Distance to Montchanin
from Macon: 56 km
from Paris: 283 km
from Calais: 505 km
from Nice: 403 km
from Bordeaux: 445 km
from Strasbourg: 320 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montchanin): Ecuisses, Le Creusot, Saint-Eusebe, Saint-Julien-sur-Dheune, Saint-Laurent-d'Andenay, Saint-Martin-d'Auxy, Saint-Micaud and Torcy.
Getting here
Saone-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port - allow about 6 - 7 hours. For driving distances to Montchanin from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montchanin