Oulon travel guide
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Visit Oulon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Oulon is situated in the Nievre department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 29 km from Nevers, the department capital. (General information: Oulon is 200 km from Paris and 432 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Corbigny at 23 km from Oulon
Popular places to visit near Oulon: these include Corbigny at 23 km and Nevers at 29 km.
Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 26km. 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 Oulon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Oulon
See France This Way travel guides for Nievre and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Oulon.
Note that all distances from Oulon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Oulon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Oulon (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 Nievre 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 Oulon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (26km) : Forgeneuve (27km) : Jardin du château de Limanton (35km) : Parc floral d'Apremont (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Apremont-sur-Allier (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (28km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (28km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (29km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (29km) : Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (40km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Nevers (29km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Oulon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Oulon
Canton: Prémery
Arrondissement: Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Department: Nievre
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 58700
Distance to Oulon
from Nevers: 29 km
from Paris: 200 km
from Calais: 432 km
from Nice: 492 km
from Bordeaux: 404 km
from Strasbourg: 359 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Oulon): Arthel, Arzembouy, Champlin, Giry, Lurcy-le-Bourg, Montenoison, Moussy and Premery.
Getting here
Nievre 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, operhaps Calais or Dunkirk at about 5 - 6 hours. For driving distances to Oulon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Oulon