Brinay tourism and travel guide

Visit Brinay: highlights and tourist information

Brinay is situated in the Nievre department and Burgundy-Franche-Comté region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Brinay in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Popular places to visit nearby include Corbigny at 28 km and Nevers at 41 km.

Brinay, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Corbigny

Corbigny

at 28 km (direction )

Corbigny, on the edge of the Morvan Regional Parc, includes an abbey among its...

See Corbigny guide
Nevers

Nevers

at 41 km (direction west)

The ancient centre of Nevers contains several interesting monuments and houses dating from the...

See Nevers guide
 
 
Autun

Autun

at 46 km (direction east), in the Saone-et-Loire department

After exploring Autun with its old town, cathedral and roman ruins you can visit...

See Autun guide
Apremont-sur-Allier

Apremont-sur-Allier

Most Beautiful Village at 48 km (direction west), in the Cher department

The story of the renewal of Apremont-sur-Allier is fascinating, and leads us to the...

See Apremont-sur-Allier guide
Saulieu

Saulieu

at 51 km (direction east-north-east), in the Cote d'Or department

Saulieu is quite a small town, visited because of the Basilica Saint-Andoche...

See Saulieu guide
Morvan Regional Park

Morvan Regional Park

Natural Parc at 51 km (direction east-north-east)

Morvan Regional Natural Park is a quiet region of unspoiled countryside with small fields,...

See Morvan Regional Park guide
Moulins

Moulins

at 56 km (direction south-west), in the Allier department

In the historic centre of Moulins it is the cathedral that is the most...

See Moulins guide

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Markets in and near Brinay

  • La Machine: market Saturday (22km)
  • Decize: market Friday (27km)
  • Corbigny: market Friday (28km)
  • Montsauche-les-Settons: market Thursday all day (34km)
  • Nevers: market Saturday all day (40km)
  • Saulieu: market Saturday (51km)

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Tourist attractions near Brinay, France

What to do at Brinay? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Brinay.

Grand sites of France

  • Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (28km)

Regional Natural Parcs

Churches and religious monuments

  • Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (26km)
  • Prieuré de Saint Révérien (Saint-Reverien) (27km)
  • Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (51km)
  • Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (59km)
  • Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (59km)

Remarkable gardens

  • Jardin du château de Limanton (4km)
  • Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (6km)
  • Forgeneuve (38km)
  • Jardin de la Chaux (43km)
  • Parc de Saint-Léger (46km)
  • Arboretum de Balaine (48km)

Sites of natural beauty

  • Bibracte (28km)

Towns of Art and history

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

  • Pougues-les-Eaux (45km)
 
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Geography and distances

Brinay is in the eastern-center of France at 40 kilometres from Nevers, the department capital (general information: Brinay is 229 kilometres from Paris).

Geographical Information

Commune: Brinay

Canton: Châtillon-en-Bazois

Arrondissement: Château-Chinon(Ville)

Department: Nievre

Region: Burgundy

New region: Burgundy-Franche-Comté

Postcode: 58110

Distance to Brinay

from Nevers (prefecture): 40 km

from Paris: 229 km

from Calais: 458 km

from Nice: 461 km

from Bordeaux: 409 km

from Strasbourg: 350 km

Getting here

Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port, operhaps Calais or Dunkirk at about 5 - 6 hours. For driving distances to Brinay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 5 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Alluy, Biches, Chatillon-en-Bazois, Limanton and Tamnay-en-Bazois.

This page in French: Visiter Brinay

 
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