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Visit Jars: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Jars is situated in the Cher department (Centre region) in the center of France at 40 km from Bourges, the department capital. (General information: Jars is 164 km from Paris and 400 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Sancerre at 14 km from Jars

Popular places to visit near Jars: these include Sancerre at 14 km and Aubigny-sur-Nere at 21 km. Sancerre is a listed 'recommended detour' at 14km and Aubigny-sur-Nere is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 21km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Jars: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;

Selected places to visit and attractions near Jars, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

Sancerre 14km

Aubigny-sur-Nere 21km

Briare 27km

La Charite-sur-Loire 35km

Guedelon 41km

Bourges 41km

Mehun-sur-Yevre 45km

Things to see in Jars and nearby

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

'Remarkable gardens': Les Prés Fichaux (41km) : Potager du jardin du château de La Bussière (43km) :
National Monuments: Palace Jacques Coeur (41km) : Bourges Cathedral (41km) :
Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame-du-Pré (Donzy) (32km) : Abbatiale Notre Dame (La Charite-sur-Loire) (35km) : Abbaye de Notre Dame (Charite-sur-Loire) (35km) : Cathédrale Saint Etienne (Bourges) (41km) : Eglise de Saint André (Jussy-Champagne) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Plaimpied-Givaudins) (47km) : St Aignan de Brinay (Brinay) (48km) :
Town / village in bloom 4*: Aubigny-sur-Nere (21km) : Briare (29km) : Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (42km) :
Towns of Art and History: Bourges (41km) :
Recommended Detour Town: Sancerre (14km) : Mehun-sur-Yevre (45km) :