Brie travel guide
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Visit Brie: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brie is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 74 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Brie is 279 km from Paris and 469 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Moncontour, Vienne at 4 km from Brie
Popular places to visit near Brie: these include Moncontour, Vienne at 4 km and Thouars at 15 km.
Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Oiron Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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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 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 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 Brie and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de La Mothe (29km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (34km) : La Guyonnière (41km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (5km) : Fontevraud Abbey (30km) : Sanxay (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (34km) : Montsoreau (34km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (4km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (8km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (13km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (30km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (34km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (47km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (49km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (15km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (34km) : Chinon (37km) : Poitiers (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (14km) : Montreuil-Bellay (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Brie & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brie
Canton: Thouars 1er Canton
Arrondissement: Bressuire
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79100
Distance to Brie
from Niort: 74 km
from Paris: 279 km
from Calais: 469 km
from Nice: 674 km
from Bordeaux: 235 km
from Strasbourg: 611 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brie): Arcay, Irais, Moncontour, Oiron, Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes and Taize.
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 Brie from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brie