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Visit Chatillon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chatillon is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 31 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Chatillon is 325 km from Paris and 529 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nouaille-Maupertuis at 27 km from Chatillon
Popular places to visit near Chatillon: these include Nouaille-Maupertuis at 27 km and Melle at 28 km.
Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km and Laverré is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chatillon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chatillon
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chatillon.
Note that all distances from Chatillon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chatillon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chatillon (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 Chatillon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Laverré (18km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (28km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (32km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (41km) : La Guyonnière (44km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (44km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (25km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (20km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (25km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (26km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (26km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (29km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (31km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Chatillon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châtillon
Canton: Couhé
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86700
Distance to Chatillon
from Poitiers: 31 km
from Paris: 325 km
from Calais: 529 km
from Nice: 627 km
from Bordeaux: 175 km
from Strasbourg: 621 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): Anche, Ceaux-en-Couhe, Couhe, Payre, Vaux and Voulon.
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 Chatillon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chatillon