Courant travel guide
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Visit Courant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Courant is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 47 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Courant is 382 km from Paris and 574 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Surgeres at 15 km from Courant
Popular places to visit near Courant: these include Surgeres at 15 km and Marais Poitevin at 29 km.
Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km and Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Courant, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Courant
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Courant.
Note that all distances from Courant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Courant holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Courant (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-Maritime 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 Courant and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (29km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (13km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (17km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (17km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (27km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (31km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (33km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (33km) : Marans (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (32km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (33km) : Brouage Fortifications (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Courant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Courant
Canton: Loulay
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17330
Distance to Courant
from La Rochelle: 47 km
from Paris: 382 km
from Calais: 574 km
from Nice: 670 km
from Bordeaux: 134 km
from Strasbourg: 688 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Courant): Bernay-Saint-Martin, La Benate, La Croix-Comtesse, Landes, Loulay, Lozay, Migre, Nachamps, Puyrolland, Saint-Felix, Saint-Loup and Vergne.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Courant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Courant