Apremont-sur-Allier

Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

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Close to where the Allier meets the Loire, this tiny village sits among hedged fields and woods on the river's west bank. Its château, rebuilt in the 15th century and reworked in the 17th and 19th, is the centrepiece, with the Parc Floral gardens around it. The castle stables now house a carriage museum, and the village church dates from the 13th century.

Highlights

Château d'Apremont, Gothic and neo-Gothic, privately owned
The Parc Floral gardens around the castle
Musée des Calèches, a carriage museum in the castle stables
The 13th-century village church
Allier riverside meadows and woods, protected under Natura 2000

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Apremont-sur-Allier (FR), Apremont-sur-Allier (EN), Apremont-sur-Allier (IT)), Wikivoyage (Apremont-sur-Allier). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 66

Things to see

Château du Veuillin (FR)

Events through the year

Autumn Festival: wine, gastronomy and autumn plants Food and wine · October

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Translated and adapted from open data: DATAtourisme, DATAtourisme and its local tourism data producers / Office de Tourisme Loire en Berry, updated 2026-10-03 (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Specialities of Centre-Val de Loire

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

CoyauCrottin 02 CC BY-SA 3.0
Crottin de ChavignolCheeseSmall goat's cheese, eaten fresh or aged and dry
Pierre-Yves BeaudouinValençay 04 CC BY-SA 4.0
ValençayCheesePyramid-shaped goat's cheese, protected by an AOC
CoyauPouligny-saint-pierre (fromage) 03 CC BY-SA 3.0
Pouligny-Saint-PierreCheesePyramid-shaped goat's cheese from the Brenne
SancerreWineWhite, red and rosé AOC wines of the Loire hills
Menetou-SalonWine
Marianne CasamanceSoupe de lentilles verte du Berry CC BY-SA 4.0
Berry green lentil (FR)Local produceProtected green lentil, also cooked as a soup