Chauvigny travel guide
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Visit Chauvigny: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chauvigny is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 24 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Chauvigny is 284 km from Paris and 495 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Chauvigny (page also includes a photo gallery for Chauvigny)
Popular places to visit near Chauvigny: these include Nouaille-Maupertuis at 19 km and Angles-sur-l'Anglin at 23 km.
Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km and Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chauvigny: 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chauvigny, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chauvigny
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chauvigny.
Note that all distances from Chauvigny shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chauvigny holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chauvigny (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 Chauvigny and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Laverré (28km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Angles-sur-l'Anglin (23km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (14km) : Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (17km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (19km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (23km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (28km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (34km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (42km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (43km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montmorillon (23km) : Poitiers (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Chauvigny & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chauvigny
Canton: Chauvigny
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86300
Distance to Chauvigny
from Poitiers: 24 km
from Paris: 284 km
from Calais: 495 km
from Nice: 609 km
from Bordeaux: 215 km
from Strasbourg: 578 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chauvigny): Bonnes and Pouille.
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 Chauvigny from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chauvigny