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Visit Claix: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Claix is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 13 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Claix is 406 km from Paris and 614 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Mouthiers-sur-Boeme at 6 km from Claix
Popular places to visit near Claix: these include Mouthiers-sur-Boeme at 6 km and Charmant at 13 km.
Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Logis de Forge is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Claix, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Claix
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Claix.
Note that all distances from Claix shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Claix holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Claix (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 Claix and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (6km) : Jardin du Chaigne (15km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (3km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (7km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (8km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (12km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (25km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (28km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (13km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (39km) : Nontron (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Claix & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Claix
Canton: Blanzac-Porcheresse
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16440
Distance to Claix
from Angouleme: 13 km
from Paris: 406 km
from Calais: 614 km
from Nice: 608 km
from Bordeaux: 94 km
from Strasbourg: 673 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 Claix): Champagne-Vigny, Etriac, La Couronne, Mainfonds, Plassac-Rouffiac, Roullet-Saint-Estephe, Sireuil and Voulgezac.
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 Claix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Claix