🇫🇷 France
50 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Château de Meung-sur-Loire, 18 km south-west of the city centre; the most famous is Château de Chambord — #27 of 8,133 worldwide — 43 km south-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Château de Vendôme, founded c. 950.
Every one of them stands in France — the country page shows the full national picture.
18 km south-west · Castle
The Château de Meung-sur-Loire is a former castle and episcopal palace in the commune of Meung-sur-Loire in the Loiret département of France.
20 km south · Castle
The Château de la Ferté is a Loire castle in the municipality of La Ferté-Saint-Aubin in the département of Loiret in the Centre-Val de Loire region…
24 km east · Castle
The Château de Châteauneuf-sur-Loire is a French castle, built in the 17th and 18th centuries, located in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire in the department of…
43 km south-west · Palace & château · #27 worldwide
The Château de Chambord (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d ʃɑ̃bɔʁ]) in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognisable châteaux in…
55 km south-west · Palace & château · #144 worldwide
The Royal Château of Blois is a château located in the city center of Blois, Loir-et-Cher, in the Loire Valley, France.
56 km south-west · Palace & château · #386 worldwide
The Château de Cheverny is located in Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, France. It is one of the châteaux of the Loire Valley.
38 km south-east · Palace & château
The Château de Sully-sur-Loire is a castle, converted to a palatial seigneurial residence, situated in the commune of Sully-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de…
47 km south-west · Castle
The Castle of Menars is a castle associated with Madame de Pompadour situated on the bank of the river Loire in Menars, Loir-et-Cher, France.
47 km north-west · Castle
The Château de Châteaudun is a castle located in the town of Châteaudun in the French department of Eure-et-Loir.
56 km south-west · Palace & château
The Château de Beauregard is a Renaissance château in the Loire Valley in France.
37 km south-west · Castle
The Château de Talcy is a historical building in Talcy, Loir-et-Cher, France.
59 km south-east · Palace & château
The Château de Gien is a historic manor in Gien, Loiret, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
58 km south-west · Castle
The Château de Troussay is one of the smallest Châteaux of the Loire Valley, France, and is situated in Cheverny, in the Loir-et-Cher.
49 km south-west · Palace & château
Château de Villesavin is a 16th-century country house in the Tour-en-Sologne commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
26 km north-east · Palace & château
The Château de Chamerolles is a French castle complex in Chilleurs-aux-Bois in the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire region.
81 km north-east · Palace & château · #32 worldwide
Palace of Fontainebleau ( FON-tin-bloh, US also -bloo; French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers southeast of the…
90 km south-west · Palace & château · #61 worldwide
The Château de Chenonceau is a French château spanning the river Cher, near the small village of Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
95 km north-east · Palace & château · #95 worldwide
The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (French pronunciation: [ʃato d vo l vikɔ̃t]) or simply Vaux-le-Vicomte is a Baroque French château located in Maincy,…
88 km south-west · Palace & château · #108 worldwide
The Château d'Amboise is a château in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire department of the Loire Valley in France.
88 km south-west · Palace & château · #247 worldwide
The Château du Clos Lucé, formerly called Manoir du Cloux, is a large château located in the center of Amboise, in the department of Indre-et-Loire,…
72 km south-west · Castle · #390 worldwide
The Château de Chaumont, officially Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire, is a castle in Chaumont-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
87 km south · Palace & château
Château de Valençay is a château in the commune of Valençay, in the Indre department of France.
83 km north · Palace & château
The Château de Rambouillet (pronounced [ʃɑto d ʁɑ̃bujɛ]), also known in English as the Castle of Rambouillet, is a château in the town of…
80 km north · Palace & château
The Château de Maintenon is a château, developed from the original castle, situated in the commune of Maintenon in the Eure-et-Loir département of…
89 km north · Palace & château
The Château de Dampierre (French pronunciation: [ʃato d dɑ̃pjɛʁ]) is a château in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France.
92 km south-west · Castle
The Château de Montpoupon is a castle in the commune of Céré-la-Ronde in the Indre-et-Loire département of France.
90 km south-west · Ruin
The Château de Chanteloup was an imposing 18th-century French château with elaborate gardens, compared by some contemporaries to Versailles.
+ 23 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q6548.
The Castlemap atlas maps 50 landmarks (20 castles · 1 fortress · 24 palaces & châteaux · 5 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Orléans, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Château de Meung-sur-Loire, a castle 18 km south-west of the city centre.
Château de Chambord, ranked #27 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 43 km south-west from Orléans.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Château de Vendôme, founded c. 950 — 64 km west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Blois (55 km) · Tours (107 km) · Paris (111 km) · Le Mans (128 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
