Map of Chartres, France

Chartres is a city in Centre-Val de Loire, France, with a population of about 43,838. It lies at 48.4468°N, 1.4892°E. Chartres is about 78 km (48 mi) southwest of Paris, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 53 km to the northeast.

Chartres at a glance

Where is Chartres?

• The 6th largest city in Centre-Val de Loire on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 18 min on the shortest day to 16 h 07 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Chartres

• Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines — 53 km northeast
• Montigny-le-Bretonneux — 54 km northeast
• Plaisir — 54 km northeast
• Versailles — 62 km northeast
• Mantes-la-Jolie — 63 km north
• Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois — 65 km east
• Massy — 66 km northeast
• Saint-Germain-en-Laye — 67 km northeast
• Poissy — 68 km northeast
• Orléans — 68 km southeast

Largest cities in Centre-Val de Loire

• Tours — 141,621
• Orléans — 116,344
• Bourges — 67,987
• Blois — 53,660
• Châteauroux — 53,301
• Joué-lès-Tours — 37,466

Largest cities in France

• Paris — 2,138,551
• Marseille — 877,215
• Lyon — 520,774
• Toulouse — 511,684
• Nice — 342,669
• Nantes — 325,070
• Marne La Vallée — 318,325
• Strasbourg — 274,845
• Bordeaux — 265,328
• Montpellier — 248,252

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.