Coutieres travel guide
Visit Coutieres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Parthenay at 18 km from Coutieres
Location: Coutieres is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 33 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Coutieres is 320 km from Paris and 515 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Coutieres: these include Parthenay at 18 km and Melle at 32 km. Sanxay is a listed national monument at 9 km and La Guyonnière is a listed remarkable garden at 12 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 Coutieres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Coutieres
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Coutieres.
Note that all distances from Coutieres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Coutieres 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 Deux-Sevres gites and villas
Markets near Coutieres
- Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole: market every Saturday (13km)
- Rouille: market every Friday (16km)
- La Mothe-Saint-Heray: market every Thursday (16km)
- Parthenay: market every Wednesday all day (18km)
- La Creche: market every Sunday (21km)
- Thenezay: market every Sunday (25km)
- Vouille: market every Saturday (26km)
- Lezay: market every Tuesday (28km)
- Vivonne: market every Saturday (30km)
- Melle: market every Friday (32km)
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 Coutieres and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Coutieres map below.
Heritage Site Melle église St Hilaire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (32km); Poitiers église Saint-Hilaire le Grand (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (35km)
Most Beautiful Village Coulon (41km)
National Monument Sanxay (9km); Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (57km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (20km); Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (36km); Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (41km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (50km); Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (51km)
Remarkable Garden La Guyonnière (12km); Jardin du château de La Mothe (20km); Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (31km); Laverré (35km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Parthenay (18km); Chatillon-sur-Thouet (20km); Poitiers (35km)
Theme Park Futuroscope (41km)
Town Of Art And History Parthenay (18km); Poitiers (36km)
Village D'etape Vivonne (30km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Vallée des singes (monkeys) (43km)
Map of places to visit near Coutieres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Coutières
Canton: Ménigoute
Arrondissement: Parthenay
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79340
Distance to Coutieres
from Niort (local prefecture): 33 km
from Paris: 320 km
from Calais: 515 km
from Nice: 658 km
from Bordeaux: 189 km
from Strasbourg: 634 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Coutieres): Chantecorps, Fomperron, Menigoute, Reffannes, Vausseroux and Vautebis.
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 Coutieres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Coutieres