Montargis, a sub-prefecture of the Loiret department and the central town of an urban area of 65,000 inhabitants, is located 110km south of Paris.
It offers all the essential services for a high quality of life (Gold Flower Award 2021), in the fields of retail, public services, transport, culture, leisure, sport (Active & Sportive City – 4 laurels), as well as healthcare and education.
For lovers of discovery, Montargis also offers a wide range of attractions. The town will charm you with its many streets over water. You will be guided along rivers and canals: “The Venice of the Gâtinais” boasts no fewer than 131 bridges and footbridges.
Along the streets, you can extend your stroll and discover delightful turreted and half-timbered houses, as well as magnificent Renaissance townhouses with finely crafted gateways.
Then, from the top of its hill, the remains of its royal castle with its renovated gardens — witnesses to a vanished splendor where Renée de France, daughter of Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne, once stayed — seem to watch over the rooftops of the town, from which rises the slate-spired bell tower of Sainte-Madeleine Church. It is one of Montargis’ finest monuments, built by great names of French architecture such as Androuet du Cerceau, Viollet-le-Duc, and even Gustave Eiffel…
