Villers-Cotterets travel guide
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Visit Villers-Cotterets: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Villers-Cotterets is situated in the Aisne department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 53 km from Laon, the department capital. (General information: Villers-Cotterets is 70 km from Paris and 208 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Ferte-Milon at 9 km from Villers-Cotterets
Popular places to visit near Villers-Cotterets: these include La Ferte-Milon at 9 km and Soissons at 22 km.
Foret de Retz is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 1km and Jardin du château de la Muette is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Villers-Cotterets, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Villers-Cotterets
See France This Way travel guides for Aisne and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Villers-Cotterets.
Note that all distances from Villers-Cotterets shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Villers-Cotterets holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Villers-Cotterets (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 Picardy and Aisne 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 Villers-Cotterets and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de la Muette (3km) : Jardin du donjon de Vez (6km) : Parc du château de Compiègne (26km) : Parc du château de Valgenceuse (36km) : Potager des Princes (45km) : Jardins de Viels-Maisons (46km) : Jardin et parc du château de Chantilly (46km) :
- National Monuments: Pierrefonds Chateau (13km) : Chateau Coucy (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise abbatiale de Notre Dame (Morienval) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Sulpice (Bethancourt-en-Valois) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gilocourt) (17km) : Eglise de Berzy-le-Sec (Berzy-le-sec) (19km) : Abbaye de Chaalis (Fontaine-Chaalis) (32km) : Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Moncel (Pontpoint) (33km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Senlis) (37km) : Abbatiale Saint Nicolas (Saint-Leu-d'Esserent) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Meaux (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Soissons (22km) : Noyon (37km) : Chantilly (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Villers-Cotterets & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villers-Cotterêts
Canton: Villers-Cotterêts
Arrondissement: Soissons
Department: Aisne
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 02600
Distance to Villers-Cotterets
from Laon: 53 km
from Paris: 70 km
from Calais: 208 km
from Nice: 695 km
from Bordeaux: 564 km
from Strasbourg: 348 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Villers-Cotterets): Boursonne, Coyolles, Dampleux, Emeville, Fleury, Haramont, Largny-sur-Automne, Montgobert, Oigny-en-Valois, Puiseux-en-Retz, Vauciennes and Vivieres.
Getting here
For driving distances to Villers-Cotterets from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Villers-Cotterets