Coulgens travel guide
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Visit Coulgens: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Coulgens is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 20 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Coulgens is 373 km from Paris and 583 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochefoucauld at 10 km from Coulgens
Popular places to visit near Coulgens: these include La Rochefoucauld at 10 km and Bayers at 14 km.
Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Angouleme is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 20km. 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 Coulgens, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Coulgens
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Coulgens.
Note that all distances from Coulgens shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Coulgens holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Coulgens (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 Coulgens and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (22km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (25km) : Logis de Forge (31km) : Jardin du Chaigne (45km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (1km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (23km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (26km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (32km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (20km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Coulgens & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Coulgens
Canton: Rochefoucauld
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16560
Distance to Coulgens
from Angouleme: 20 km
from Paris: 373 km
from Calais: 583 km
from Nice: 598 km
from Bordeaux: 127 km
from Strasbourg: 642 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Coulgens): Agris, Jauldes, La Rochette, Nanclars, Rivieres, Saint-Amant-de-Bonnieure, Saint-Angeau, Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure and Sainte-Colombe.
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 Coulgens from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Coulgens