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Challans travel guide

Challans photo, taken in Saint Gilles Croix de Vie France

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Visit Challans: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Challans is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 39 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Challans is 387 km from Paris and 532 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 17 km from Challans

Popular places to visit near Challans: these include Saint Gilles Croix de Vie at 17 km and Noirmoutier at 33 km. Saint-Jean-de-Monts is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 15km and Marais de Machecoul is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Challans: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;

Selected places to visit and attractions near Challans, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

Saint Gilles Croix de Vie 17km

Noirmoutier 33km

Pornic 35km

Jade Coast 37km

Sables d'Olonne 39km

Nantes 48km

Things to see in Challans and nearby

Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Challans

'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des plantes (49km) :
Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Jean-de-Monts (15km) : Notre-Dame-de-Monts (19km) : Nantes (45km) :