Chatillon-sur-Thouet travel guide
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Visit Chatillon-sur-Thouet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chatillon-sur-Thouet is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 41 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Chatillon-sur-Thouet is 312 km from Paris and 501 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Parthenay at 2 km from Chatillon-sur-Thouet
Popular places to visit near Chatillon-sur-Thouet: these include Parthenay at 2 km and Moncontour, Vienne at 30 km.
Parthenay is a listed 'town of art and history' at 2km and La Guyonnière is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chatillon-sur-Thouet: Chatillon-sur-Thouet has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chatillon-sur-Thouet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chatillon-sur-Thouet
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chatillon-sur-Thouet.
Note that all distances from Chatillon-sur-Thouet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chatillon-sur-Thouet holidays and travel
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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 Chatillon-sur-Thouet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Guyonnière (9km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (19km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (49km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (26km) : Oiron Chateau (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (41km) : Coulon (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (26km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (29km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (37km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (41km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (42km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (43km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (46km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (49km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (2km) : Poitiers (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (46km) : Fontenay-le-Comte (48km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Chatillon-sur-Thouet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châtillon-sur-Thouet
Canton: Parthenay
Arrondissement: Parthenay
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79200
Distance to Chatillon-sur-Thouet
from Niort: 41 km
from Paris: 312 km
from Calais: 501 km
from Nice: 674 km
from Bordeaux: 204 km
from Strasbourg: 636 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 Chatillon-sur-Thouet): Adilly, La Chapelle-Bertrand, Le Tallud, Parthenay, Pompaire and Viennay.
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 Chatillon-sur-Thouet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chatillon-sur-Thouet