Courcome travel guide
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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.
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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
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!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (8km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (12km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (34km) : Logis de Forge (48km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (27km) :
- 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) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (37km) :
- 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