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Visit Avon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Avon is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 36 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Avon is 327 km from Paris and 526 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 21 km from Avon
Popular places to visit near Avon: these include Melle at 21 km and Poitiers at 34 km.
Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km and Sanxay is a listed 'national monument' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Avon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Avon
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Avon.
Note that all distances from Avon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Avon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Avon (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Poitou-Charentes and Deux-Sevres gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Avon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (21km) : Laverré (27km) : La Guyonnière (28km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (31km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (45km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (12km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (33km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (35km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (35km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (40km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (41km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (34km) : Parthenay (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Avon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Avon
Canton: Mothe-Saint-Héray
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79800
Distance to Avon
from Niort: 36 km
from Paris: 327 km
from Calais: 526 km
from Nice: 644 km
from Bordeaux: 178 km
from Strasbourg: 632 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Avon): Bougon, Exoudun, Pamproux, Rouille and Saint-Sauvant.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Avon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Avon