Chartres
Population 38,324 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in France
- January: 8 h 45 of daylight
- February: 10 h 12 of daylight
- March: 11 h 50 of daylight
- April: 13 h 39 of daylight
- May: 15 h 13 of daylight
- June: 16 h 05 of daylight
- July: 15 h 44 of daylight
- August: 14 h 23 of daylight
- September: 12 h 38 of daylight
- October: 10 h 53 of daylight
- November: 9 h 15 of daylight
- December: 8 h 20 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Chartres
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Chartres's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
1 to 2 hours· 3
2 to 3 hours· 3
3 to 5 hours· 40
- Lille3h 09
- Reims3h 16
- Brussels3h 19
- Rennes3h 19
- Amiens3h 37
- Kraainem3h 44
- Rouen3h 44
- Aalst3h 52
- Nantes3h 56
- Strasbourg3h 56
30 moreFewer
- Lyon3h 58
- Leuven4h
- Ghent4h 02
- Metz4h 04
- Caen4h 04
- Mechelen4h 07
- Liège4h 11
- Bordeaux4h 16
- Antwerp4h 25
- Lier4h 25
- Ath4h 30
- Bayeux4h 30
- Bruges4h 31
- London4h 32
- Rotterdam4h 34
- Chambéry4h 37
- Nancy4h 38
- Saint-Malo4h 38
- Schiedam4h 43
- Kortrijk4h 46
- Sint-Niklaas4h 46
- Namur4h 48
- Delft4h 49
- Charleroi4h 52
- Le Havre4h 52
- Hasselt4h 54
- Colmar4h 55
- Ostend4h 56
- St Albans4h 56
- Dieppe4h 58
5 hours or more· 147
- La Rochelle5h
- Kerkrade5h 01
- The Hague5h 02
- Breda5h 09
- Heerlen5h 10
- Reading5h 13
- Grenoble5h 15
- Marseille5h 16
- Milton Keynes5h 16
- Stevenage5h 16
137 moreFewer
- Dordrecht5h 16
- Leiden5h 17
- Saint-Étienne5h 21
- Amsterdam5h 22
- Calais5h 24
- Tilburg5h 25
- Spa5h 25
- Chelmsford5h 25
- Dinant5h 27
- Gouda5h 28
- Annecy5h 31
- Valkenburg aan de Geul5h 32
- Farnborough5h 34
- Guildford5h 34
- Peterborough5h 35
- Canterbury5h 36
- Coventry5h 36
- Zaandam5h 36
- Southend-on-Sea5h 37
- Haarlem5h 37
- Weesp5h 37
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin5h 38
- Windsor and Eton5h 38
- Hilversum5h 38
- Maastricht5h 39
- Swindon5h 40
- Oxford5h 40
- Crawley5h 41
- Folkestone5h 43
- Cambridge5h 45
- Basel5h 47
- Leicester5h 47
- Utrecht5h 48
- Colchester5h 48
- Ypres5h 49
- Almere5h 49
- Eindhoven5h 49
- Bussum5h 49
- Avignon5h 50
- Amersfoort5h 50
- 's-Hertogenbosch5h 52
- Northampton5h 57
- Birmingham5h 58
- Dijon5h 59
- Brighton6h
- Montpellier6h 04
- Alkmaar6h 05
- Ely6h 05
- Winchester6h 05
- Ipswich6h 08
- Hastings6h 08
- Stamford6h 08
- Nottingham6h 10
- Aix-en-Provence6h 10
- Toulon6h 12
- Arles6h 14
- Geneva6h 14
- Eastleigh6h 15
- Apeldoorn6h 18
- Doncaster6h 18
- Eastbourne6h 19
- Salisbury6h 22
- Bristol6h 23
- Southampton6h 24
- Geldrop6h 24
- Bath6h 26
- Nijmegen6h 26
- Orange6h 27
- Venlo6h 27
- Deventer6h 29
- York6h 29
- Derby6h 30
- Arundel6h 35
- Wakefield6h 37
- Cardiff6h 38
- Vlissingen6h 38
- Cheltenham6h 40
- Arnhem6h 41
- Portsmouth6h 43
- Zwolle6h 43
- Runcorn6h 45
- Aarau6h 47
- Béziers6h 48
- Norwich6h 48
- Sheffield6h 50
- Leeds6h 51
- Gloucester6h 52
- Tewkesbury6h 55
- Lincoln6h 56
- Zutphen6h 57
- Bern6h 58
- Stockport6h 58
- Worcester6h 59
- Solothurn7h
- Warminster7h 04
- Zurich7h 05
- Liverpool7h 06
- Lucerne7h 07
- Bournemouth7h 07
- Manchester7h 07
- Chester7h 08
- Baden7h 09
- Stratford-upon-Avon7h 11
- Lausanne7h 12
- Exeter7h 14
- Enschede7h 16
- Warrington7h 16
- Kingston upon Hull7h 16
- Huddersfield7h 20
- Durham7h 21
- Shrewsbury7h 24
- Clermont-Ferrand7h 25
- Thun7h 25
- Wigan7h 27
- Assen7h 27
- Fribourg7h 28
- Vevey7h 30
- Salford7h 31
- Swansea7h 31
- Cannes7h 34
- Altrincham7h 35
- Montreux7h 38
- Newcastle upon Tyne7h 38
- Middlesbrough7h 38
- Wrexham7h 38
- Pfäffikon7h 41
- Preston7h 41
- Groningen7h 44
- Leeuwarden7h 46
- Antibes7h 47
- Ludlow7h 49
- Toulouse7h 50
- Bolton7h 51
- Interlaken7h 55
- Perpignan7h 55
- Cleethorpes7h 55
- Schaffhausen7h 59
From Chartres's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
1 to 2 hours· 4
2 to 3 hours· 3
3 to 5 hours· 41
- Rennes3h 03
- Amiens3h 07
- Rouen3h 17
- Brussels3h 19
- Lille3h 28
- Nancy3h 36
- Metz3h 36
- Kraainem3h 42
- Bordeaux3h 46
- Nantes3h 50
31 moreFewer
- Aalst3h 51
- Lyon3h 54
- Antwerp3h 55
- Leuven3h 58
- Mechelen4h 01
- Saint-Malo4h 08
- Ghent4h 10
- Kortrijk4h 17
- Lier4h 21
- Le Havre4h 21
- Caen4h 26
- Dijon4h 29
- Ath4h 30
- Sint-Niklaas4h 33
- Charleroi4h 34
- Liège4h 34
- Rotterdam4h 34
- Dieppe4h 35
- Bruges4h 36
- Avignon4h 40
- Saint-Étienne4h 42
- Schiedam4h 42
- Bayeux4h 44
- Delft4h 48
- Breda4h 51
- Namur4h 51
- Ostend4h 52
- Calais4h 54
- La Rochelle4h 56
- Strasbourg4h 57
- Hasselt4h 59
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Cathédrale Notre-Dame Attraction · 930 m
- Centre international du vitrail Museum · 830 m
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- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres Museum · 830 m
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- Momument à la mémoire des enfants d'Eure-et-Loir morts pour la Patrie Memorial · 910 m
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- Musée de l'école de Chartres et d'Eure-et-Loir Museum · 540 m
- Aux Morts pour la Patrie Memorial · 600 m
- Monument des droits et libertés de l'homme Monument · 1000 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Chartres); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.