Chourgnac travel guide
Visit Chourgnac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau de Hautefort at 7 km from Chourgnac
Location: Chourgnac is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 27 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Chourgnac is 414 km from Paris and 638 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Chourgnac: these include Chateau de Hautefort at 7 km and Excideuil at 11 km. Jardins du château de Hautefort is a listed remarkable garden at 7 km and Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) is a listed religious monument at 23 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Chourgnac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chourgnac
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Chourgnac.
Note that all distances from Chourgnac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chourgnac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Aquitaine and Dordogne gites and villas
Markets near Chourgnac
- Thenon: market every Tuesday (11km)
- Excideuil: market every Thursday (11km)
- Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare: market every Friday (18km)
- Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac: market every Saturday (20km)
- Montignac: market every Wednesday & Saturday (21km)
- Terrasson: market every Thursday (22km)
- Thiviers: market every Tuesday - seasonal market only - (23km)
- Thiviers: market every Saturday (23km)
- Perigueux: market every Wednesday all day & Saturday all day (27km)
- Objat: market every Sunday (27km)
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 Chourgnac and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Chourgnac map below.
Heritage Site Vezere Valley (23km); Perigueux cathédrale Saint Front (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (27km)
Most Beautiful Village Saint-Amand-de-Coly (24km); Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere (25km); Saint-Jean-de-Cole (27km); Segur-le-Chateau (29km); Limeuil (41km)
National Monument Chateau de Puyguilhem (31km); Abri de Cap Blanc (34km); Abri of Laugerie-Haute (34km); Decorated caves of the Vezere Valley (34km); Font-de-Gaume (34km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (33km); Sarlat (40km); Nontron (45km)
Religious Monument Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (23km); Abbaye de Saint Amand de Coly (Saint-Amand-de-Coly) (24km); Eglise de Saint Léonce (Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere) (25km); Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (28km); Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (31km); Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (31km); Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (32km); Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (35km); Abbaye de Saint Martial (Paunat) (40km); Eglise de saint-Pierre (Audrix) (40km); Cathédrale Saint-Sardos (Sarlat) (41km); Eglise de Saint-Hilaire et Eglise de Saint-Nicholas (Tremolat) (44km); Abbaye Sainte Marie (Souillac) (50km)
Remarkable Garden Jardins du château de Hautefort (7km); Jardins de l'Imaginaire (23km); Jardins du château de Losse (24km); Jardins du Manoir d'Eyrignac (36km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Perigueux (27km); Sarlat (40km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Grotte du Grand Roc (34km); Gouffre de la Fage (39km)
Town Of Art And History Perigueux (27km); Sarlat (40km)
Village D'etape Donzenac (36km); Uzerche (45km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Perigueux (27km)
Map of places to visit near Chourgnac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chourgnac
Canton: Hautefort
Arrondissement: Périgueux
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24640
Distance to Chourgnac
from Perigueux (local prefecture): 27 km
from Paris: 414 km
from Calais: 638 km
from Nice: 521 km
from Bordeaux: 136 km
from Strasbourg: 629 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chourgnac): Brouchaud, Gabillou, Granges-d'Ans, Saint-Pantaly-d'Ans, Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans, Sainte-Orse, Temple-Laguyon and Tourtoirac.
Getting here
Dordogne is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at either Bergerac (or Bordeaux). Alternatively to drive from the cross-channel ports takes around 9-11 hours. For driving distances to Chourgnac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chourgnac