Rousson travel guide
Visit Rousson: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Joigny at 16 km from Rousson
Location: Rousson is situated in the Yonne department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 40 km from Auxerre, the department capital. (General information: Rousson is 108 km from Paris and 333 km from the port at Calais).
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 10 km and Joigny is a listed recommended detour at 10 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Rousson
- Villeneuve-sur-Yonne: market every Tuesday & Friday (3km)
- Saint-Julien-du-Sault: market every Sunday (7km)
- Sens: market every Wednesday & Monday all day & Friday (12km)
- Saint-Valerien: market every Saturday (16km)
- Joigny: market every Wednesday & Saturday (16km)
- Courtenay: market every Thursday (16km)
- Pont-sur-Yonne: market every Wednesday & Sunday (22km)
- Migennes: market every Thursday (23km)
- Aillant-sur-Tholon: market every Tuesday (25km)
- Villeneuve-l'Archeveque: market every Saturday (27km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Rousson map below.
Recommended Detour Joigny (10km); Montargis (41km); Moret-sur-Loing (46km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Martial (Seignelay) (33km); Abbaye de Pontigny (Pontigny) (39km)
Remarkable Garden Parc du château de Thorigny (24km); Jardins du manoir du Grand Courtoiseau (27km); Arboretum national des Barres (47km); Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (52km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Joigny (16km); Auxerre (41km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Arboretum national des Barres (47km)
Town Of Art And History Joigny (10km); Auxerre (40km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Sens (12km)
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 (local prefecture): 40 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!
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