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Visit Chenon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chenon is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 34 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Chenon is 360 km from Paris and 569 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bayers at 3 km from Chenon
Popular places to visit near Chenon: these include Bayers at 3 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 4 km.
Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km. 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 Chenon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chenon
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chenon.
Note that all distances from Chenon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chenon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chenon (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 Charente 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 Chenon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (10km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (14km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (43km) : Logis de Forge (45km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (15km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (23km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (25km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (34km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (34km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Chenon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chenon
Canton: Mansle
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16460
Distance to Chenon
from Angouleme: 34 km
from Paris: 360 km
from Calais: 569 km
from Nice: 607 km
from Bordeaux: 139 km
from Strasbourg: 637 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chenon): Aunac, Barro, Bayers, Chenommet, Couture, Fontclaireau, Fontenille, Licheres, Moutonneau, Poursac, Saint-Georges, Saint-Groux, Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec, Verteuil-sur-Charente and Villegats.
Getting here
Charente is in the west of France. Most visitors to the region come by car with arrive here by car with the ferry ports at Saint Malo taking about 5 hours driving time. For driving distances to Chenon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chenon