Bignay travel guide
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Visit Bignay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bignay is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 50 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Bignay is 395 km from Paris and 588 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 19 km from Bignay
Popular places to visit near Bignay: these include Saintes at 19 km and Surgeres at 23 km.
Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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 Bignay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bignay
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 Bignay.
Note that all distances from Bignay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bignay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bignay (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 Bignay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (18km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Mornac-sur-Seudre (40km) : Coulon (45km) : Talmont (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (3km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (14km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (19km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (19km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (19km) : Royan (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (28km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (37km) : Marais Poitevin (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Bignay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bignay
Canton: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17400
Distance to Bignay
from La Rochelle: 50 km
from Paris: 395 km
from Calais: 588 km
from Nice: 668 km
from Bordeaux: 120 km
from Strasbourg: 696 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bignay): Fenioux, Grandjean, La Frediere, La Vergne, Les Nouillers, Mazeray, Saint-Savinien, Taillant, Ternant, Torxe and Voissay.
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 Bignay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bignay