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Arrondissement of Chartres
Chartres

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in , France, about 80 km southwest of , and is the seat of the Bishop of Chartres. Dedicated in honour of the Virgin Mary, it was mostly constructed between 1194 and 1220.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: medieval Roman Rite Catholic cathedral
  • Also known as: “Cathédrale Notre-Dame”, “Notre-Dame de Chartres”, and “Our Lady of Chartres”
  • Address: Chartres
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres and Centre international du vitrail.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 120 metres north of Chartres Cathedral.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 150 metres northwest of Chartres Cathedral.

Garden
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is a garden, which is situated 140 metres northeast of Chartres Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lucé.

Town
Photo: Le Passant, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the department in northern .

Chartres Cathedral

Latitude
48.44781° or 48° 26′ 52″ north
Longitude
1.48789° or 1° 29′ 16″ east
Elevation
163 metres (535 feet)
Open location code
8FW3CFXQ+45
Open­Street­Map ID
way 102809767
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7732299
Wiki­data ID
Q180274
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Chartres Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية شارتر”
  • Armenian: “Շարտրի տաճար”
  • Asturian: “Catedral de Chartres”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şartr kafedralı”
  • Basque: “Chartreseko katedrala”
  • Basque: “Chartresko katedral”
  • Basque: “Chartresko katedrala”
  • Belarusian: “Шартраўская катэдра”
  • Belarusian: “Шартрская катэдра”
  • Belarusian: “Шартрскі сабор”
  • Breton: “Iliz-veur Itron-Varia Chartrez”
  • Bulgarian: “Нотр Дам дьо Шартр”
  • Bulgarian: “Нотр Дам дьо Шартър”
  • Bulgarian: “Нотър Дам дьо Шартър”
  • Bulgarian: “Шартрска катедрала”
  • Burmese: “ရှာ့တာ ကက်သီဒရယ် ဘုရားကျောင်း”
  • Burmese: “ရှာ့တာ ကသီဒရယ် ဘုရားရှိခိုးကျောင်း”
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Chartres”
  • Chinese: “沙特尔主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “沙特尔圣母大教堂”
  • Chinese: “沙特尔大教堂”
  • Chinese: “沙特爾主教座堂”
  • Croatian: “Katedrala Notre-Dame u Chartresu”
  • Croatian: “Katedrala u Chartresu”
  • Croatian: “Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • Croatian: “Notre-Dame u Chartresu”
  • Czech: “Katedrála Notre-Dame v Chartres”
  • Czech: “Katedrála Notre-Dame”
  • Czech: “Katedrála v Chartres”
  • Danish: “Chartres Domkirke”
  • Danish: “Chartres Katedral”
  • Danish: “Chartres-katedralen”
  • Danish: “Chartreskatedralen”
  • Danish: “Domkirken i Chartres”
  • Danish: “Katedralen i Chartres”
  • Danish: “Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • Dutch: “kathedraal van Chartres”
  • Dutch: “Kathedraal van Chartres”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه شارتر”
  • Esperanto: “katedralo de Chartres”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo de Chartres”
  • Finnish: “Chartresin katedraali”
  • French: “Cathédrale Chartres”
  • French: “cathédrale de Chartres”
  • French: “cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • French: “Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • French: “Chartres cathédrale”
  • French: “La cathédrale de Chartres”
  • French: “Notre Dame de Chartres”
  • French: “Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • Galician: “Catedral de Chartres”
  • Galician: “Catedral de Nosa Señora de Chartres”
  • Galician: “Catedral de Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • Georgian: “შარტრის კათედრალი”
  • Georgian: “შარტრის საკათედრო ტაძარი”
  • Georgian: “შარტრის ღვთისმშობლის ტაძარი”
  • German: “Kathedrale von Chartres”
  • German: “Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός της Παναγίας της Σαρτρ”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός της Σαρτρ”
  • Greek: “Παναγία της Σαρτρ”
  • Hebrew: “קתדרלת נוטרדאם דה שארטר”
  • Hebrew: “קתדרלת שארטר”
  • Hebrew: “קתדרלת שרטר”
  • Hindi: “चार्टर्स कैथेड्रल”
  • Hungarian: “chartres-i katedrális”
  • Hungarian: “chartres-i székesegyház”
  • Hungarian: “Notre-Dame székesegyház”
  • Hungarian: “Notre-Dame-székesegyház”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Chartres”
  • Indonesian: “Kathedral Chartres”
  • Irish: “Ardeaglais Chartres”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Chartres”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Notre-Dame”
  • Japanese: “シャルトル・ノートルダム大聖堂”
  • Japanese: “シャルトル大聖堂”
  • Korean: “샤르트르 대성당”
  • Latin: “Ecclesia Cathedralis Carnotensis”
  • Latvian: “Šartras Dievmātes katedrāle”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Catedral de Chartres”
  • Lithuanian: “Šartro katedra”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kathedral Notre-Dame vu Chartres”
  • Malay: “Katedral Chartres”
  • Maltese: “Katidral ta‘ Chartres”
  • Maltese: “Katidral ta’ Chartres”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chartres-katedralen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chartreskatedralen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Katedralen i Chartres”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chartreskatedralen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • Norwegian: “Chartreskatedralen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Catedrala de Nòstra Dòna de Chartres”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع چارترس”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع شارتر”
  • Picard: “Catédrale No-Danme ed Chartres”
  • Picard: “Catédrale Nou-Danme ed Chartres”
  • Polish: “Katedra w Chartres”
  • Portuguese: “catedral de Chartres”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Chartres”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Notre-Dame din Chartres”
  • Russian: “Шартрский собор”
  • Scots: “Chartres Cathedral”
  • Serbian: “Katedrala u Šartru”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Katedrala Notre-Dame u Chartresu”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Katedrala u Chartresu”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Katedrala u Šartru”
  • Slovak: “Katedrála Notre-Dame”
  • Slovenian: “chartrska katedrala”
  • Slovenian: “chartrska stolnica”
  • Slovenian: “katedrala v Chartresu”
  • Slovenian: “stolnica blažene Device Marije v Chartresu”
  • Slovenian: “Stolnica blažene Device Marije, Chartres”
  • Slovenian: “stolnica v Chartresu”
  • Spanish: “catedral de Chartres”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Chartres”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Notre Dame de Chartres”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Nuestra Senora de Chartres”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Chartres”
  • Spanish: “Catedral Notre Dame de Chartres”
  • Spanish: “Catedral Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • Spanish: “Cathedral of Chartres”
  • Swedish: “Katedralen i Chartres”
  • Swedish: “Notre-Dame de Chartres”
  • Thai: “น็อทร์-ดามเดอชาทร์”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารชาทร์”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารน็อทร์-ดามแห่งชาทร์”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารพระแม่แห่งชาทร์”
  • Turkish: “Chartres Katedrali”
  • Ukrainian: “Кафедральний собор Богоматері”
  • Ukrainian: “Шартрський собор”
  • Urdu: “شارتر کیتھیڈرل”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ chính tòa Đức Bà Chartres”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Đức Bà Chartres”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chartres Cathedral”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katedral han Chartres”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys Gadeiriol Chartres”
  • Western Frisian: “Katedraal fan Chartres”
  • Western Panjabi: “شارٹرے گرجا”
  • Wu Chinese: “沙特尔主教座堂”
  • Yue Chinese: “沙特爾主教座堂”

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