Cersay travel guide
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Visit Cersay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cersay is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 81 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Cersay is 285 km from Paris and 463 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Thouars at 13 km from Cersay
Popular places to visit near Cersay: these include Thouars at 13 km and Aubigne-sur-Layon at 20 km.
Thouars is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km and Montreuil-Bellay is a listed 'recommended detour' at 18km. 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 Cersay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cersay
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cersay.
Note that all distances from Cersay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cersay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cersay (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 Cersay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc oriental de Maulévrier (30km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (23km) : Fontevraud Abbey (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Montsoreau (37km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (24km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (29km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (29km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (34km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (34km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (34km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (37km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (13km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (20km) : Cholet (40km) : Angers (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (45km) : Chinon (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (18km) : Loudun (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Cersay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cersay
Canton: Argenton-Château
Arrondissement: Bressuire
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79290
Distance to Cersay
from Niort: 81 km
from Paris: 285 km
from Calais: 463 km
from Nice: 702 km
from Bordeaux: 246 km
from Strasbourg: 628 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 Cersay): Bouille-Saint-Paul, Clere-sur-Layon, Genneton, Le Breuil-sous-Argenton, Massais and Ulcot.
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 Cersay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cersay