Cherigne travel guide
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Visit Cherigne: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cherigne is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 32 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Cherigne is 358 km from Paris and 557 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 11 km from Cherigne
Popular places to visit near Cherigne: these include Melle at 11 km and Tusson at 28 km.
Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km and Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km. 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 Cherigne, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cherigne
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cherigne.
Note that all distances from Cherigne shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cherigne holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cherigne (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 Cherigne and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (11km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (28km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (36km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (43km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (11km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (15km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (28km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (36km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Cherigne & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chérigné
Canton: Brioux-sur-Boutonne
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79170
Distance to Cherigne
from Niort: 32 km
from Paris: 358 km
from Calais: 557 km
from Nice: 644 km
from Bordeaux: 146 km
from Strasbourg: 656 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cherigne): Asnieres-en-Poitou, Brioux-sur-Boutonne, Crezieres, Ensigne, Juille, La Bataille, Luche-sur-Brioux, Lusseray, Paizay-le-Chapt, 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 Cherigne from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cherigne