Saint-Amand-Montrond travel guide
Visit Saint-Amand-Montrond: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Culan at 23 km from Saint-Amand-Montrond
Location: Saint-Amand-Montrond is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 41 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Amand-Montrond is 237 km from Paris and 472 km from the port at Calais).
Tourist classifications for Saint-Amand-Montrond: Village in bloom (fr: ville fleurie);
Market days in Saint-Amand-Montrond: weekly market: Wednesday & Saturday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Saint-Amand-Montrond: these include Culan at 23 km and Herisson at 29 km. Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) is a listed religious monument at 4 km and Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) is a listed religious monument at 7 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 Saint-Amand-Montrond, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Amand-Montrond
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Amand-Montrond.
Note that all distances from Saint-Amand-Montrond shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Saint-Amand-Montrond 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 Cher gites and villas
Markets near Saint-Amand-Montrond
- Saint-Amand-Montrond: market every Wednesday & Saturday (0km)
- Dun-sur-Auron: market every Saturday (18km)
- Lignieres: market every Monday (25km)
- Chateaumeillant: market every Friday (30km)
- Lurcy-Levis: market every Monday (33km)
- Sancoins: market every Wednesday (33km)
- Saint-Florent-sur-Cher: market every Friday & (36km)
- Cosne-d'Allier: market every Tuesday (37km)
- Baugy: market every Friday (43km)
- Issoudun: market every Saturday all day (46km)
- Reuilly: market every Friday (53km)
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 Saint-Amand-Montrond and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Saint-Amand-Montrond map below.
National Monument Bourges Cathedral (40km); Palace Jacques Coeur (41km)
Recommended Detour La Chatre (43km)
Religious Monument Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (4km); Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (7km); Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (18km); Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (18km); Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (25km); Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (25km); Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (31km); Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (31km); Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (41km)
Remarkable Garden Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (12km); Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (24km); Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (39km); Les Prés Fichaux (41km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Foret de Troncais (19km)
Town Of Art And History Bourges (41km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Issoudun (46km)
Map of places to visit near Saint-Amand-Montrond & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18200
Distance to Saint-Amand-Montrond
from Bourges (local prefecture): 41 km
from Paris: 237 km
from Calais: 472 km
from Nice: 502 km
from Bordeaux: 318 km
from Strasbourg: 443 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Amand-Montrond): Bouzais, Bruere-Allichamps, Colombiers, Drevant, La Celle, La Groutte, Nozieres, Orval and Saint-Georges-de-Poisieux.
Getting here
Cher is in the center of France. Most visitors fly into Paris and rent a car or drive from one of the channel ports such as Caen or Le Havre, a drive af about 2-3 hours. For driving distances to Saint-Amand-Montrond from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Saint-Amand-Montrond