Courcon travel guide
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Visit Courcon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Courcon is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 28 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Courcon is 375 km from Paris and 559 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Maillezais abbey at 15 km from Courcon
Popular places to visit near Courcon: these include Maillezais abbey at 15 km and Marans at 16 km.
Baie de l'Aiguillon is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 6km and Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. 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 Courcon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Courcon
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 Courcon.
Note that all distances from Courcon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Courcon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Courcon (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 Courcon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (38km) : Jardins de Chaligny (44km) : La Roche Courbon (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (20km) : Vouvant (37km) : La Flotte-en-Re (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (11km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (15km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (21km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (36km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (43km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (43km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (16km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (25km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (15km) : Brouage Fortifications (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Courcon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Courçon
Canton: Courçon
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17170
Distance to Courcon
from La Rochelle: 28 km
from Paris: 375 km
from Calais: 559 km
from Nice: 695 km
from Bordeaux: 157 km
from Strasbourg: 694 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Courcon): Benon, Ferrieres, La Greve-sur-Mignon, La Laigne, Saint-Cyr-du-Doret and Saint-Jean-de-Liversay.
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 Courcon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Courcon