Chirac travel guide
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Visit Chirac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chirac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 49 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Chirac is 351 km from Paris and 567 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Confolens at 11 km from Chirac
Popular places to visit near Chirac: these include Confolens at 11 km and Brigueuil at 16 km.
Confolens is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km and Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. 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 Chirac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chirac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chirac.
Note that all distances from Chirac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chirac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chirac (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 Chirac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Liliane (28km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (32km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (46km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (14km) : Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (31km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (32km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (32km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (33km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Limoges (45km) : Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (49km) : Angouleme (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (11km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Chirac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chirac
Canton: Chabanais
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16150
Distance to Chirac
from Angouleme: 49 km
from Paris: 351 km
from Calais: 567 km
from Nice: 576 km
from Bordeaux: 154 km
from Strasbourg: 612 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chirac): Chabanais, Exideuil, La Peruse, Manot and Saint-Maurice-Des-Lions.
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 Chirac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chirac