Civray travel guide
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Visit Civray: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Civray is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 48 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Civray is 338 km from Paris and 546 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 15 km from Civray
Popular places to visit near Civray: these include Ruffec at 15 km and Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 17 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) is a listed 'religious monument' at 2km and Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km. 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 Civray, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Civray
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Civray.
Note that all distances from Civray shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Civray holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Civray (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 Vienne 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 Civray and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (13km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (30km) : Laverré (33km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (35km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (8km) : Sanxay (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (2km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (6km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (14km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (15km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (20km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (27km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (35km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (33km) : Poitiers (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Civray & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Civray
Canton: Civray
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86400
Distance to Civray
from Poitiers: 48 km
from Paris: 338 km
from Calais: 546 km
from Nice: 612 km
from Bordeaux: 161 km
from Strasbourg: 623 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Civray): Blanzay, Genouille, Saint-Gaudent, Saint-Macoux, Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil, Saint-Saviol, Savigne and Vouleme.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Civray from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Civray