Chermignac travel guide
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Visit Chermignac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chermignac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 64 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Chermignac is 420 km from Paris and 615 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 8 km from Chermignac
Popular places to visit near Chermignac: these include Saintes at 8 km and Talmont at 25 km.
Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. 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 Chermignac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chermignac
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 Chermignac.
Note that all distances from Chermignac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chermignac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chermignac (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 Chermignac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (18km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (28km) : Jardin du Chaigne (43km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (25km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (8km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (8km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (19km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (24km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (8km) : Royan (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Chermignac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chermignac
Canton: Saintes-Ouest
Arrondissement: Saintes
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17460
Distance to Chermignac
from La Rochelle: 64 km
from Paris: 420 km
from Calais: 615 km
from Nice: 665 km
from Bordeaux: 94 km
from Strasbourg: 714 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chermignac): Berneuil, Les Gonds, Montpellier-de-Medillan, Pessines, Preguillac, Retaud, Rioux, Tesson, Thenac and Varzay.
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 Chermignac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chermignac