Champniers travel guide
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Visit Champniers: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Champniers is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 8 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Champniers is 385 km from Paris and 595 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angouleme at 7 km from Champniers
Popular places to visit near Champniers: these include Angouleme at 7 km and La Rochefoucauld at 14 km.
Angouleme is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 8km and Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. 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 Champniers, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Champniers
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Champniers.
Note that all distances from Champniers shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Champniers holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Champniers (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 Champniers and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (19km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (27km) : Jardin du Chaigne (33km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (14km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (19km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (24km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (8km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Champniers & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Champniers
Canton: Gond-Pontouvre
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16430
Distance to Champniers
from Angouleme: 8 km
from Paris: 385 km
from Calais: 595 km
from Nice: 601 km
from Bordeaux: 115 km
from Strasbourg: 653 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 Champniers): Balzac, Brie, Gond-Pontouvre, Magnac-sur-Touvre, Mornac and Ruelle-sur-Touvre.
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 Champniers from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Champniers