In French, to say that a place or a person is (at) a certain distance from somewhere, you use the expression:
à [distance] de [lieu]
How to express distances with "à ... de ..." in French
Look at these examples:
Note that the distance can be expressed as a duration - 5 minutes from Paris - or as a physical distance - 5 km from Paris.
ATTENTION:
In French, you must always use à before the distance:
Je suis cinq minutes de Paris. -> Je suis à cinq minutes de Paris.
Note also that when locations are introduced by the definite articles le and les, de contracts into du and des :
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