Bougon travel guide
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Visit Bougon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bougon is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 31 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Bougon is 331 km from Paris and 529 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 17 km from Bougon
Popular places to visit near Bougon: these include Melle at 17 km and Niort at 31 km.
Sanxay is a listed 'national monument' at 15km and Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. 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 Bougon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bougon
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bougon.
Note that all distances from Bougon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bougon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bougon (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 Bougon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (17km) : La Guyonnière (26km) : Laverré (32km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (33km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (46km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (49km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (15km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (37km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (40km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (42km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (34km) : Poitiers (39km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Bougon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bougon
Canton: Mothe-Saint-Héray
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79800
Distance to Bougon
from Niort: 31 km
from Paris: 331 km
from Calais: 529 km
from Nice: 648 km
from Bordeaux: 175 km
from Strasbourg: 637 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bougon): Avon, Chenay, Exoudun, La Mothe-Saint-Heray, Pamproux, Sainte-Eanne and Salles.
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 Bougon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bougon