Chef-Boutonne travel guide
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Visit Chef-Boutonne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chef-Boutonne is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 38 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Chef-Boutonne is 355 km from Paris and 556 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 14 km from Chef-Boutonne
Popular places to visit near Chef-Boutonne: these include Melle at 14 km and Tusson at 22 km.
Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km and Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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 Chef-Boutonne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chef-Boutonne
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chef-Boutonne.
Note that all distances from Chef-Boutonne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chef-Boutonne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chef-Boutonne (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 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 Chef-Boutonne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (14km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (22km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (28km) : Laverré (48km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (37km) : Sanxay (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (14km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (20km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (28km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Chef-Boutonne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chef-Boutonne
Canton: Chef-Boutonne
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79110
Distance to Chef-Boutonne
from Niort: 38 km
from Paris: 355 km
from Calais: 556 km
from Nice: 636 km
from Bordeaux: 147 km
from Strasbourg: 650 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chef-Boutonne): Ardilleux, Aubigne, Bouin, Crezieres, Gournay-Loize, Hanc, La Bataille, Les Alleuds, Loubigne, Melleran, Sompt and Tillou.
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 Chef-Boutonne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chef-Boutonne