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Visit Rix: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rix is situated in the Nievre department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 55 km from Nevers, the department capital. (General information: Rix is 180 km from Paris and 409 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Clamecy at 4 km from Rix
Popular places to visit near Rix: these include Clamecy at 4 km and Vezelay at 19 km.
Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km and Vezelay is a listed 'heritage site' at 19km. 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 Rix, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rix
See France This Way travel guides for Nievre and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rix.
Note that all distances from Rix shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rix holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rix (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 Rix and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Noyers-sur-Serein (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Basilique Sainte Madeleine (Vezelay) (19km) : Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (29km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (30km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (46km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Vezelay (19km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Auxerre (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Rix & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rix
Canton: Clamecy
Arrondissement: Clamecy
Department: Nievre
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 58500
Distance to Rix
from Nevers: 55 km
from Paris: 180 km
from Calais: 409 km
from Nice: 508 km
from Bordeaux: 426 km
from Strasbourg: 341 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 Rix): Armes, Breugnon, Chevroches, Clamecy, Oisy, Ouagne, Saint-Germain-Des-Bois, Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Villiers-le-Sec and Villiers-sur-Yonne.
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 Rix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rix