Getting here

Welcome to the Eure et Loir. The country is closer than you think!

Located just one hour from Paris by car or by train – perfect for weekend breaks – the Eure et Loire is the “Vraie France” at your doorstep.

Southwest of Paris between Normandy and the Loire Valley, the Eure et Loir is no more than three hours from most major European cities: London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfort, Geneva, Zurich, Milan, Turin, Madrid.

International Airports :

- Orly: (75 km): 1 hour by car
- Roissy Charles de Gaulle (120 km): 2 hours by car.

TGV train station at Massy-Palaiseau: 45 minutes (with an additional leg by RER to the airport: 1 hour total)

By Car :

Highways:

- A 10: Paris /Allaines / Orléans / Bordeaux or Clermont-Ferrand
- A 11: Paris / Chartres / Le Mans / Nantes or Rennes

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National Routes:

4 “Routes Nationales” link the Eure et Loir to Paris, and to Normandy and Brittany.
- N 10:  Paris / Chartres / Châteaudun / Tours
- N 154: Rouen / Dreux / Chartres / Orléans
- N 23: Chartres / Nogent-le-Rotrou / Le Mans ou Alençon
- N 12: Paris / Alençon / Bretagne

And more than 7,400 rural routes:

Distances between Paris and the principal cities of the Eure et Loir (in kilometers) and approximate driving times:

- Chartres (84 km) at 55 minutes
- Dreux (79 km) at 55 minutes
- Anet (76km) at 1hour 5min.
- Maintenon (84 km) at 1hour 5min.
- Illiers-Combray (110 km) at 1hour 10min.
- Bonneval (114 km) at 1hour 10min.
- Châteaudun (126 km) at 1hour 20min.
- La Ferté-Vidame (118 km) at 1hour 40min.
- Nogent-le-Rotrou (142 km) at 1hour 35min.

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By Train:

- Paris / Chartres / Nogent-le-Rotrou (Gare Montparnasse train station, Paris/Le Mans line): about 35 trains-a-day.
- Paris / Dreux (Gare Montparnasse train station, Paris/Granville line): about 15 trains-a-day
- Paris / Châteaudun (Gare Austerlitz train station, Paris/Tours line): about 10 trains-a-day
- Roissy Charles de Gaulle (120 km): 1 hour 30 minutes from the TGV station at Massy-Palaiseau

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