Chepniers travel guide
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Visit Chepniers: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chepniers is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 120 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Chepniers is 448 km from Paris and 653 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 23 km from Chepniers
Popular places to visit near Chepniers: these include Jonzac at 23 km and Barbezieux at 27 km.
Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 23km and Cave Pair-non-Pair is a listed 'national monument' at 29km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chepniers, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chepniers
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chepniers.
Note that all distances from Chepniers shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chepniers holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chepniers (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-Maritime 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 Chepniers and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Fond de l’or (33km) : Jardin du Chaigne (35km) : Parc du château Lanessan (36km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (36km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (40km) : Logis de Forge (47km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (29km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (36km) : Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (42km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (44km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (46km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Chepniers & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chepniers
Canton: Montlieu-la-Garde
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17210
Distance to Chepniers
from La Rochelle: 120 km
from Paris: 448 km
from Calais: 653 km
from Nice: 626 km
from Bordeaux: 51 km
from Strasbourg: 715 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chepniers): Bussac-Foret, Chatenet, Jussas, Le Pin, Montlieu-la-Garde, Polignac, Pouillac, Sainte-Colombe and Sousmoulins.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Chepniers from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chepniers