Courcome travel guide

Courcome photo, taken in Ruffec France

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Visit Courcome: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Courcome is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 37 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Courcome is 360 km from Paris and 566 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 7 km from Courcome

Popular places to visit near Courcome: these include Ruffec at 7 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 8 km.

Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km. 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 Courcome, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Courcome

photo of Ruffec
Ruffec 7km
photo of Tusson
Tusson 8km
photo of Bayers
Bayers 10km
photo of Melle
Melle 34km
photo of Jarnac
Jarnac 42km
photo of Marthon
Marthon 48km
photo of Torsac
Torsac 48km
photo of Cognac
Cognac 48km

See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Courcome.

Note that all distances from Courcome shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Courcome holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Courcome (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 Courcome and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (8km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (12km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (34km) : Logis de Forge (48km) :
  2. National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (27km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (7km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (25km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (36km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (37km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Confolens (42km) :

Map of places to visit near Courcome & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Courcôme

Canton: Villefagnan

Arrondissement: Angoulême

Department: Charente

Region: Poitou-Charentes

Postcode: 16240

Distance to Courcome

from Angouleme: 37 km

from Paris: 360 km

from Calais: 566 km

from Nice: 617 km

from Bordeaux: 139 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 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Courcome): Besse, Charme, La Faye, Lonnes, Raix, Ruffec, Salles-de-Villefagnan, Tusson, Tuzie, Villefagnan and Villegats.

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 Courcome from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Courcome