Chatellerault travel guide
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Visit Chatellerault: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chatellerault is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 31 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Chatellerault is 264 km from Paris and 469 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Angles-sur-l'Anglin at 29 km from Chatellerault
Popular places to visit near Chatellerault: these include Angles-sur-l'Anglin at 29 km and Chauvigny at 29 km.
Chauvigny is a listed 'recommended detour' at 29km and Angles-sur-l'Anglin is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 29km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chatellerault: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chatellerault, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chatellerault
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chatellerault.
Note that all distances from Chatellerault shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chatellerault holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chatellerault (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 Vienne 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 Chatellerault and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (34km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (45km) : Laverré (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Angles-sur-l'Anglin (29km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (29km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (30km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (36km) : Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (42km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (31km) : Loches (47km) : Chinon (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (29km) : Loudun (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Chatellerault & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châtellerault
Canton: Châtellerault
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86100
Distance to Chatellerault
from Poitiers: 31 km
from Paris: 264 km
from Calais: 469 km
from Nice: 630 km
from Bordeaux: 237 km
from Strasbourg: 573 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chatellerault): Antran, Cenon-sur-Vienne and Senille.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Chatellerault from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chatellerault