Chambon travel guide
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Visit Chambon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chambon is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 25 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Chambon is 388 km from Paris and 574 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 7 km from Chambon
Popular places to visit near Chambon: these include Surgeres at 7 km and Rochefort at 21 km.
Rochefort is a listed 'town of art and history' at 21km and Baie de l'Aiguillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 21km. 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 Chambon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chambon
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chambon.
Note that all distances from Chambon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chambon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chambon (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-Maritime 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 Chambon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (32km) : Jardins de la Boirie (40km) : Jardins du phare de Chassiron (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (31km) : La Flotte-en-Re (38km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (26km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (31km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (34km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (39km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (43km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (25km) : Saintes (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (21km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (28km) : Brouage Fortifications (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Chambon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chambon
Canton: Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis
Arrondissement: Rochefort
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17290
Distance to Chambon
from La Rochelle: 25 km
from Paris: 388 km
from Calais: 574 km
from Nice: 692 km
from Bordeaux: 143 km
from Strasbourg: 703 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chambon): Ardillieres, Forges, Landrais, Le Thou, Pere, Puyravault, Saint-Germain-de-Marencennes, Vandre, Virson and Vouhe.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Chambon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chambon