Bourg-Charente travel guide
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Visit Bourg-Charente: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bourg-Charente is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 29 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Bourg-Charente is 404 km from Paris and 607 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jarnac at 4 km from Bourg-Charente
Popular places to visit near Bourg-Charente: these include Jarnac at 4 km and Cognac at 8 km.
Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km. 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 Bourg-Charente, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bourg-Charente
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bourg-Charente.
Note that all distances from Bourg-Charente shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bourg-Charente holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bourg-Charente (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 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 Bourg-Charente and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (14km) : Logis de Forge (30km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (37km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (46km) : La Roche Courbon (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (3km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (4km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (12km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (21km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (29km) : Saintes (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Bourg-Charente & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bourg-Charente
Canton: Segonzac
Arrondissement: Cognac
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16200
Distance to Bourg-Charente
from Angouleme: 29 km
from Paris: 404 km
from Calais: 607 km
from Nice: 631 km
from Bordeaux: 97 km
from Strasbourg: 684 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 Bourg-Charente): Boutiers-Saint-Trojan, Chassors, Gensac-la-Pallue, Gondeville, Jarnac, Julienne, Les Metairies, Mainxe, Nercillac and Saint-Brice.
Getting here
Charente is in the west of France. Most visitors to the region come by car with arrive here by car with the ferry ports at Saint Malo taking about 5 hours driving time. For driving distances to Bourg-Charente from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bourg-Charente