Chenay travel guide
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Visit Chenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chenay is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 33 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Chenay is 333 km from Paris and 532 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 14 km from Chenay
Popular places to visit near Chenay: these include Melle at 14 km and Niort at 33 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 15km. 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 Chenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chenay
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chenay.
Note that all distances from Chenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chenay (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 Chenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (14km) : Laverré (31km) : La Guyonnière (32km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (37km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (40km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (44km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (19km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (15km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (35km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (37km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (38km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (39km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (39km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (39km) : Poitiers (40km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Chenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chenay
Canton: Lezay
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79120
Distance to Chenay
from Niort: 33 km
from Paris: 333 km
from Calais: 532 km
from Nice: 644 km
from Bordeaux: 171 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 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chenay): Bougon, Chey, Exoudun, La Mothe-Saint-Heray and Sepvret.
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 Chenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chenay