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La Place Ducale à Charleville-Mézières.
Hôtel de ville de Mézières, Charleville-Mézières.
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Charleville-Mézières

Grand Est, France · Europe

About Charleville-Mézières

Charleville-Mézières works well as a base: 10 minutes from La Francheville, 25km from Château de Bouillon.

Charleville-Mézières is in Grand Est, France, with about 52,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is La Francheville, about 4 km away.

Charleville-Mézières (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁləvil mezjɛʁ] ) is a commune of northern France and the prefecture of the Ardennes department, in the Grand Est region. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the river Meuse.

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What is there to see near Charleville-Mézières?

Within an hour or so of Charleville-Mézières: Belvédère de la Longue Roche (13 km), Tombeau du Géant (23 km), Rocroi (23 km), Château de Bouillon (25 km).

Are there any good drives near Charleville-Mézières?

The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Voie Sacrée.

Where is Charleville-Mézières?

Charleville-Mézières is in Grand Est, France, about 4 km from La Francheville.

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Quick Information

Population
52,415
Continent
Europe
Country
France
Region
Grand Est
Timezone
Europe/Paris
Coordinates
49.7685, 4.7249

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in France

Police
17
Ambulance
15
Fire
18
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.

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Worth the detour from Charleville-Mézières

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

photogenic

Belvédère de la Longue Roche

Quartzite ledge 140 m above Monthermé with the classic head-on view of the Meuse doubling back in a full horseshoe meander: the signature photograph of the French Ardennes, a short walk from roadside parking.

13 km · about 25 min drive

scenic viewpoint

Tombeau du Géant

A famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.

23 km · about 25 min drive

landmark

Rocroi

Perfect star-shaped bastioned town in the French Ardennes, laid out in 1555 and remodelled by Vauban, its five-pointed geometry of ramparts and radial streets still fully intact.

23 km · about 25 min drive

castle

Château de Bouillon

Godfrey of Bouillon's rambling medieval fortress sprawls over a rocky spur in a loop of the Semois in the Ardennes.

25 km · about 30 min drive

castle

Castle of Bouillon

Medieval fortress on a rock spur in a Semois river loop in the Ardennes, associated with Godfrey of Bouillon.

25 km · about 30 min drive

landmark

Redu

Ardennes hamlet reborn in 1984 as Europe's second 'book town', its barns and cottages housing a dozen second-hand bookshops, binderies and galleries, with the Euro Space Center just across the motorway.

41 km · about 45 min drive

66 US ROUTE

historic highway

Chimay Street Circuit

A Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.

45 km · about 50 min drive

landmark

Orval Abbey

Romantic medieval abbey ruins beside a working Trappist monastery in the Gaume forest, source of the cult Orval beer; visit the ruins and museum, then drink the beer at the Ange Gardien inn opposite the gate.

47 km · about 55 min drive

Driving roads near Charleville-Mézières

3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.

  • 23 kmTombeau du GéantA famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.
  • 45 kmChimay Street CircuitA Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.

Driving in France

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.85/litre
Motorway tolls
~€10.00/100km

When to drive here

April to October

Nearby Destinations

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Sedan

🇫🇷 France

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25 km awayPop. 5,347

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