Ballans travel guide
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Visit Ballans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ballans is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 82 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Ballans is 390 km from Paris and 591 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jarnac at 15 km from Ballans
Popular places to visit near Ballans: these include Jarnac at 15 km and Cognac at 16 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. 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 Ballans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ballans
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ballans.
Note that all distances from Ballans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ballans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ballans (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 Charente-Maritime 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 Ballans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (26km) : Jardin du Chaigne (30km) : Logis de Forge (39km) : La Roche Courbon (44km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (45km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (11km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (18km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (25km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (29km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (32km) : Angouleme (34km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Ballans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Ballans
Canton: Matha
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17160
Distance to Ballans
from La Rochelle: 82 km
from Paris: 390 km
from Calais: 591 km
from Nice: 636 km
from Bordeaux: 112 km
from Strasbourg: 676 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ballans): Breville, Brie-sous-Matha, Courbillac, Haimps, Louzignac, Macqueville, Massac, Neuvicq-le-Chateau, Siecq and Sonnac.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Ballans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ballans