Cognac travel guide
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Visit Cognac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Cognac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 37 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Cognac is 405 km from Paris and 606 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Cognac
Popular places to visit near Cognac: these include Cognac at 1 km and Jarnac at 12 km.
Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Cognac: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Cognac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Cognac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Cognac.
Note that all distances from Cognac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Cognac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Cognac (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 Cognac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (21km) : La Roche Courbon (38km) : Logis de Forge (39km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (41km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (5km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (8km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (8km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (13km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (21km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (24km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (23km) : Angouleme (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Cognac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Cognac
Canton: Cognac
Arrondissement: Cognac
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16100
Distance to Cognac
from Angouleme: 37 km
from Paris: 405 km
from Calais: 606 km
from Nice: 640 km
from Bordeaux: 98 km
from Strasbourg: 690 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Cognac): Ars, Boutiers-Saint-Trojan, Cherves-Richemont, Javrezac, Merpins and Saint-Brice.
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 Cognac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Cognac