Sedan tourism and travel guide

Visit Sedan: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit Attractions Book a visitFrance This Way comment: Now a 'town of art and history' it is the castle and surrounding streets where your visit to Sedan will focus
Sedan is situated in the Ardennes department and Grand-Est region.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Sedan. For detailed visitor information see the Sedan travel guide.
Tourist classifications for Sedan include "town of art and history" and "secteur sauvegarde".
Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Sedan in Grand-Est.
Popular places to visit nearby include Montherme at 26 km and Vireux-Molhain at 46 km.
Sedan, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Charleville-Mezieres
at 19 km (direction west-north-west)In and around the grand Place Ducale, among the largest squares in...
See Charleville-Mezieres guide

Montherme
at 26 km (direction north-west)In a pleasant seting on the Meuse river, the two churches and...
See Montherme guide

Vireux-Molhain
at 46 km (direction north-north-west)In Vireux-Molhain you can follow an attractive nature trail and also visit...
See Vireux-Molhain guide

Givet
at 50 km (direction north-north-west)On the border with Belgium, Givet is dominated by the Charlemont Fort...
See Givet guide
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Map of places to visit near Sedan
Markets in and near Sedan
Market days in Sedan: weekly market: Wednesday & Saturday;
- Sedan: market Wednesday & Saturday (0km)
- Vrigne-Aux-Bois: market Sunday (8km)
- Charleville-Mezieres: market Tuesday all day & Thursday all day & Sunday & Saturday all day (19km)
- Stenay: market Friday (29km)
- Revin: market Tuesday (35km)
- Fumay: market Wednesday (37km)
- Vouziers: market Saturday (38km)
- Rocroi: market Tuesday (39km)
- Rethel: market Thursday (47km)
More information about Sedan, Champagne-Ardenne
Tourist attractions near Sedan, France
What to do at Sedan? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Sedan.
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Charleville-Mezieres (19km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Lac de Bairon (23km)
Villages d'etape
(recommended place to break a long journey)
- Launois-sur-Vence (30km)
- Rocroi (40km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Semide (48km)
Geography and distances
Sedan is in the north-east of France at 19 kilometres from Charleville-Mézières, the department capital (general information: Sedan is 210 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Sedan
Canton: Sedan
Arrondissement: Sedan
Department: Ardennes
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
New region: Grand-Est
Postcode: 0
Distance to Sedan
from Charleville-Mézières (prefecture): 19 km
from Paris: 210 km
from Calais: 260 km
from Nice: 690 km
from Bordeaux: 682 km
from Strasbourg: 238 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Sedan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 18 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Balan, Bazeilles, Cheveuges, Daigny, Donchery, Fleigneux, Floing, Givonne, Glaire, Illy, La Chapelle, La Moncelle, Noyers-Pont-Maugis, Remilly-Aillicourt, Rubecourt-et-Lamecourt, Saint-Menges, Thelonne and Wadelincourt.
This page in French: Visiter Sedan
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