Clesse travel guide
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Visit Clesse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Clesse is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 44 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Clesse is 315 km from Paris and 499 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Parthenay at 14 km from Clesse
Popular places to visit near Clesse: these include Parthenay at 14 km and Thouars at 32 km.
Parthenay is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km and La Guyonnière is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Clesse: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Clesse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Clesse
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Clesse.
Note that all distances from Clesse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Clesse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Clesse (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 Deux-Sevres 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 Clesse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Guyonnière (20km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (31km) : Parc oriental de Maulévrier (42km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (36km) : Sanxay (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (32km) : Coulon (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (28km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (32km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (33km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (42km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (14km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (41km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Clesse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Clessé
Canton: Moncoutant
Arrondissement: Parthenay
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79350
Distance to Clesse
from Niort: 44 km
from Paris: 315 km
from Calais: 499 km
from Nice: 688 km
from Bordeaux: 209 km
from Strasbourg: 645 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Clesse): Fenery, La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent, Neuvy-Bouin, Saint-Germain-de-Longue-Chaume and Trayes.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Clesse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Clesse