Chabanais travel guide
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Visit Chabanais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chabanais is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 51 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Chabanais is 354 km from Paris and 571 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Rochechouart at 10 km from Chabanais
Popular places to visit near Chabanais: these include Rochechouart at 10 km and Brigueuil at 14 km.
Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km and Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. 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 Chabanais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chabanais
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chabanais.
Note that all distances from Chabanais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chabanais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chabanais (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 Chabanais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Liliane (22km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (39km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (14km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (34km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (38km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (39km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (39km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (43km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre (Solignac) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Limoges (40km) : Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (16km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Chabanais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chabanais
Canton: Chabanais
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16150
Distance to Chabanais
from Angouleme: 51 km
from Paris: 354 km
from Calais: 571 km
from Nice: 570 km
from Bordeaux: 153 km
from Strasbourg: 610 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chabanais): Chassenon, Chirac, Etagnac, Exideuil, Pressignac and Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente.
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 Chabanais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chabanais