Saône River – Rue du Chatelet loop from Châtenoy-en-Bresse

Road cycling routes

France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Chalon-Sur-Saône

Saint-Marcel

Saône River – Rue du Chatelet loop from Châtenoy-en-Bresse

Moderate

4.6

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Saône River – Rue du Chatelet loop from Châtenoy-en-Bresse

02:08

51.2km

180m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 1, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 45.3 km for 223 m

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Bus stop

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13.9 km

Museum of photography

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The whole city center is worth a visit

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46.4 km

In August 1826, Nicéphore Niépce, a 61-year-old Burgundian living in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes near Chalon-sur-Saône, tested one of these latest inventions and took the first photo in history. Daguerre will buy him …

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46.7 km

Rue du Chatelet

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This is the central square in town with many cafes and restaurants

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Historic center of Chalon-sur-Saône

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Where Chalon's central Grande Rue becomes Rue du Port it crosses the historic Rue du Châtelet/rue Saint-Vincent, dominated by half-timbered façades, with an elegant Jesus holding the cross sculptured into the corner.

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46.9 km

TOUR DU DOYENNÉ

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Originally this tower served as a staircase tower at the palace of the Dean of the Cathedral Canons (today the presbytery) in Rue Edgar Quinet. In 1907 the tower was …

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46.9 km

Former Saint-Laurent Hospital

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At the beginning of the 16th century, a hospital was founded on Saint Laurent island. The sisters' building, which is easily recognizable by its stepped gable, still dates from this …

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47.0 km