Rousson travel guide
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Visit Rousson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rousson is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 41 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Rousson is 108 km from Paris and 333 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Joigny at 16 km from Rousson
Popular places to visit near Rousson: these include Joigny at 16 km and Sens at 17 km.
Joigny is a listed 'town of art and history' at 10km and Sens is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' 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 Rousson, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rousson
See France This Way travel guides for Yonne and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rousson.
Note that all distances from Rousson shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rousson holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rousson (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 Rousson and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Thorigny (24km) : Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (27km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Motte-Tilly (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (33km) : Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (39km) : Eglises de Saint Loup (Saint-Loup-de-Naud) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Sens (12km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Joigny (10km) : Auxerre (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montargis (41km) : Moret-sur-Loing (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Rousson & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rousson
Canton: Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
Arrondissement: Sens
Department: Yonne
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 89500
Distance to Rousson
from Auxerre: 41 km
from Paris: 108 km
from Calais: 333 km
from Nice: 578 km
from Bordeaux: 466 km
from Strasbourg: 336 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rousson): Armeau, Bussy-le-Repos, Chaumot, Cornant, Etigny, Marsangy, Passy, Veron and Villeneuve-sur-Yonne.
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 Rousson from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rousson