Chaunay travel guide
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Visit Chaunay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chaunay is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 44 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Chaunay is 337 km from Paris and 542 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 20 km from Chaunay
Popular places to visit near Chaunay: these include Ruffec at 20 km and Melle at 24 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. 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 Chaunay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chaunay
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chaunay.
Note that all distances from Chaunay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chaunay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chaunay (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 Chaunay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (21km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (24km) : Laverré (29km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (31km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (20km) : Sanxay (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (12km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (17km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (20km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (26km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (27km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (44km) : Confolens (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Chaunay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chaunay
Canton: Couhé
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86510
Distance to Chaunay
from Poitiers: 44 km
from Paris: 337 km
from Calais: 542 km
from Nice: 624 km
from Bordeaux: 163 km
from Strasbourg: 629 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 Chaunay): Brux, Caunay, Champagne-le-Sec, Linazay, Pliboux and Vanzay.
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 Chaunay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chaunay