Grand Est, France · Europe
Carignan works well as a base: 15 minutes from Mouzon, 19km from Château de Bouillon.
Carignan is a town located in Grand Est, France. With a population of 3,249, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Carignan sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Carignan to your route.
Carignan (French pronunciation: [kaʁiɲɑ̃] ) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is the seat of a canton. It was known as Yvoy or Yvois until 1662.
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Carignan is located in Grand Est, France, Europe. The coordinates are 49.6316 latitude, 5.1680 longitude.
Carignan has a population of approximately 3,249 people, making it a town in France.
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landmark
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.
13 km · about 25 min drive
castle
Godfrey of Bouillon's rambling medieval fortress sprawls over a rocky spur in a loop of the Semois in the Ardennes.
19 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Medieval fortress on a rock spur in a Semois river loop in the Ardennes, associated with Godfrey of Bouillon.
19 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
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
Belgium's southernmost village, a huddle of golden-stone, Roman-tiled houses on a vine-planted south-facing slope in Gaume: a microclimate so mild locals call it the 'Belgian Provence'.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
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.
42 km · about 50 min drive
photogenic
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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
A solemn cloister holding the bones of 130,000 unidentified soldiers above the Verdun battlefield.
51 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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