Courcerac travel guide
Visit Courcerac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 17 km from Courcerac
Location: Courcerac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 70 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Courcerac is 393 km from Paris and 591 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Courcerac: these include Cognac at 17 km and Saint-Jean d'Angely at 17 km. Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed religious monument at 5 km and Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) is a listed religious monument at 7 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Courcerac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Courcerac
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 Courcerac.
Note that all distances from Courcerac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Courcerac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Courcerac
- Matha: market every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday (5km)
- Cognac: market every Tuesday & Friday (16km)
- Aulnay: market every Sunday (20km)
- Jarnac: market every every day except Monday (24km)
- Pons: market every Wednesday and Saturday (32km)
- Brioux-sur-Boutonne: market every Thursday (35km)
- Chef-Boutonne: market every Saturday (38km)
- Surgeres: market every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (42km)
- La Couronne: market every Saturday (45km)
- Angouleme: market every every day except Monday (45km)
- Cozes: market every Wednesday (46km)
- Sauze-Vaussais: market every Thursday (49km)
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 Courcerac and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Courcerac map below.
Heritage Site Saint-Jean-d'Angély, abbaye royale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (17km); Aulnay église St Pierre (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (20km); Saintes basilique St Eutrope (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (24km); Pons ancien hopital des pèlerins (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (34km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (5km); Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (7km); Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (10km); Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (11km); Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (18km); Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (19km); Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (21km); Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (23km); Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (23km); Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (23km); Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (25km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (40km); Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (43km); Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (43km); Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (43km); Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (44km); Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (45km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (53km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (53km)
Remarkable Garden La Roche Courbon (33km); Jardin monastique médiéval (35km); Jardin du Chaigne (36km); Logis de Forge (50km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Saintes (23km)
Town Of Art And History Saintes (24km); Angouleme (44km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saintes (23km); Angouleme (45km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Zoodyssée (34km)
Map of places to visit near Courcerac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Courcerac
Canton: Matha
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17160
Distance to Courcerac
from La Rochelle (local prefecture): 70 km
from Paris: 393 km
from Calais: 591 km
from Nice: 647 km
from Bordeaux: 113 km
from Strasbourg: 684 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Courcerac): Aujac, Aumagne, Authon-Ebeon, Bagnizeau, Blanzac-les-Matha, La Brousse, Le Seure, Matha, Migron, Mons, Prignac, Thors and Villars-les-Bois.
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 Courcerac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Courcerac