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Visit Derce: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Derce is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 42 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Derce is 265 km from Paris and 460 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Rivau at 19 km from Derce
Popular places to visit near Derce: these include Chateau du Rivau at 19 km and Moncontour, Vienne at 20 km.
Loudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 12km and Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 17km. 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 Derce, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Derce
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Derce.
Note that all distances from Derce shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Derce holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Derce (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 Vienne 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 Derce and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (17km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (36km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (39km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (49km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (23km) : Fontevraud Abbey (29km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (30km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (31km) : Montsoreau (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (28km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (29km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (31km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (31km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (27km) : Poitiers (42km) : Parthenay (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (12km) : Montreuil-Bellay (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Derce & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dercé
Canton: Monts-sur-Guesnes
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86420
Distance to Derce
from Poitiers: 42 km
from Paris: 265 km
from Calais: 460 km
from Nice: 658 km
from Bordeaux: 243 km
from Strasbourg: 591 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Derce): Berthegon, Guesnes, La Roche-Rigault, Maulay, Monts-sur-Guesnes, Nueil-sous-Faye and Princay.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Derce from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Derce