Courlay travel guide
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Visit Courlay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Courlay is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 52 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Courlay is 317 km from Paris and 496 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vouvant at 28 km from Courlay
Popular places to visit near Courlay: these include Vouvant at 28 km and Parthenay at 29 km.
Vouvant is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 28km and Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) is a listed 'religious monument' at 28km. 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 Courlay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Courlay
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Courlay.
Note that all distances from Courlay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Courlay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Courlay (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 Deux-Sevres 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 Courlay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc oriental de Maulévrier (29km) : La Guyonnière (34km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (42km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (45km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (42km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (28km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (35km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (41km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (46km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (35km) : Cholet (39km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (29km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Courlay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Courlay
Canton: Cerizay
Arrondissement: Bressuire
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79440
Distance to Courlay
from Niort: 52 km
from Paris: 317 km
from Calais: 496 km
from Nice: 702 km
from Bordeaux: 216 km
from Strasbourg: 654 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Courlay): Chanteloup, Pugny and Saint-Jouin-de-Milly.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Courlay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Courlay