Villegenon travel guide
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Visit Villegenon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villegenon is situated in the Cher department (Loire Valley region) in the center of France at 41 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Villegenon is 160 km from Paris and 395 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Aubigny-sur-Nere at 14 km from Villegenon
Popular places to visit near Villegenon: these include Aubigny-sur-Nere at 14 km and Sancerre at 21 km.
Aubigny-sur-Nere is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 14km and Sancerre is a listed 'recommended detour' at 21km. 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 Villegenon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villegenon
See France This Way travel guides for Cher and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villegenon.
Note that all distances from Villegenon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villegenon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villegenon (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 Villegenon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (40km) : Les Prés Fichaux (41km) :
- National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (41km) : Bourges Cathedral (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (39km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (41km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (42km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (42km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (45km) : Abbaye de Saint Benoît sur Loire (Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (49km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigny-sur-Nere (14km) : Briare (26km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bourges (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (21km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Villegenon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villegenon
Canton: Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Arrondissement: Bourges
Department: Cher
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 18260
Distance to Villegenon
from Bourges: 41 km
from Paris: 160 km
from Calais: 395 km
from Nice: 550 km
from Bordeaux: 378 km
from Strasbourg: 404 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villegenon): Dampierre-en-Crot, Jars, Le Noyer, Thou and Vailly-sur-Sauldre.
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 Villegenon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villegenon