Brie travel guide
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Visit Brie: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brie is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 12 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Brie is 381 km from Paris and 592 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angouleme at 10 km from Brie
Popular places to visit near Brie: these include Angouleme at 10 km and La Rochefoucauld at 11 km.
Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. 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 Brie, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brie
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brie.
Note that all distances from Brie shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brie holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brie (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 Brie and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (22km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (26km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (33km) : Jardin du Chaigne (37km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (9km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (18km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (23km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (27km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (32km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (12km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Brie & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brie
Canton: Rochefoucauld
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16590
Distance to Brie
from Angouleme: 12 km
from Paris: 381 km
from Calais: 592 km
from Nice: 599 km
from Bordeaux: 119 km
from Strasbourg: 649 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brie): Anais, Champniers and Jauldes.
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 Brie from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brie