Target travel guide
Visit Target: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Charroux at 14 km from Target
Location: Target is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 37 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Target is 290 km from Paris and 526 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Target: these include Charroux at 14 km and Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule at 18 km. Chareil-Cintrat Chateau is a listed national monument at 13 km and Charroux is a listed most beautiful village at 14 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 Target, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Target
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Target.
Note that all distances from Target shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Target 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 Allier gites and villas
Markets near Target
- Montmarault: market every Wednesday (8km)
- Bellenaves: market every Wednesday (10km)
- Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule: market every Wednesday & Saturday (18km)
- Ebreuil: market every Thursday (19km)
- Noyant-d'Allier: market every Wednesday (22km)
- Saint-Eloy-les-Mines: market every Saturday (23km)
- Gannat: market every Saturday (23km)
- Commentry: market every Friday (25km)
- Varennes-sur-Allier: market every Tuesday (26km)
- Cosne-d'Allier: market every Tuesday (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 Target and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Target map below.
Most Beautiful Village Charroux (14km)
National Monument Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (13km)
Recommended Detour Neris-les-Bains (31km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (32km); Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (36km)
Remarkable Garden Parc du domaine royal de Randan (38km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Foret de Troncais (47km)
Town Of Art And History Montlucon (36km); Moulins (37km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Vichy (34km)
Map of places to visit near Target & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Target
Canton: Chantelle
Arrondissement: Moulins
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 3140
Distance to Target
from Moulins (local prefecture): 37 km
from Paris: 290 km
from Calais: 526 km
from Nice: 438 km
from Bordeaux: 326 km
from Strasbourg: 435 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have found 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Target): Chirat-l'Eglise, Monestier, Saint-Marcel-en-Murat and Voussac.
Getting here
For driving distances to Target from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Target