Vesdun travel guide
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Visit Vesdun: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vesdun is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 61 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Vesdun is 258 km from Paris and 492 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Culan at 6 km from Vesdun
Vesdun reviews and comments:
Vesdun is officially recognised as being the geographical centre of France, when the islands around the coast are also taken into account
Vesdun, France Rating: 3/5 Reviewed by Geo Traveller on
Popular places to visit near Vesdun: these include Culan at 6 km and Herisson at 22 km.
Les jardins artistiques de Drulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vesdun, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vesdun
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vesdun.
Note that all distances from Vesdun shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vesdun holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vesdun (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 Cher 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 Vesdun and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins artistiques de Drulon (13km) : Jardins du château d'Ainay-le-Vieil (17km) : Jardins du prieuré Notre-Dame-d'Orsan (20km) : Jardin du domaine de George Sand (38km) :
- National Monuments: George Sand House (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Georges (Saint-Jeanvrin) (16km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Noirlac et Saint Etienne Prieuré (Bruere-Allichamps) (23km) : Abbaye de La Celle (La Celle) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ineuil) (29km) : Collegiale Saint Etienne (Dun-sur-Auron) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Ygrande) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Blet) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Bourbon-l'Archambault) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Amand-Montrond (22km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montlucon (26km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Neris-les-Bains (33km) : La Chatre (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Vesdun & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vesdun
Canton: Saulzais-le-Potier
Arrondissement: Saint-Amand-Montrond
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18360
Distance to Vesdun
from Bourges: 61 km
from Paris: 258 km
from Calais: 492 km
from Nice: 493 km
from Bordeaux: 301 km
from Strasbourg: 459 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vesdun): Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry, Saint-Desire and Saint-Eloy-d'Allier.
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 Vesdun from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vesdun