Bretignolles travel guide
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Visit Bretignolles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bretignolles is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 61 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Bretignolles is 313 km from Paris and 489 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Thouars at 32 km from Bretignolles
Popular places to visit near Bretignolles: these include Thouars at 32 km and Vouvant at 34 km.
Parc oriental de Maulévrier is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km and Cholet is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 30km. 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 Bretignolles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bretignolles
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bretignolles.
Note that all distances from Bretignolles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bretignolles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bretignolles (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 Bretignolles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc oriental de Maulévrier (19km) : La Guyonnière (43km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (46km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (41km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (35km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (36km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (42km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cholet (30km) : Thouars (33km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (46km) : Fontenay-le-Comte (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Bretignolles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bretignolles
Canton: Cerizay
Arrondissement: Bressuire
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79140
Distance to Bretignolles
from Niort: 61 km
from Paris: 313 km
from Calais: 489 km
from Nice: 709 km
from Bordeaux: 225 km
from Strasbourg: 653 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bretignolles): Cerizay and Le Pin.
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 Bretignolles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bretignolles