Dompierre-sur-Charente travel guide

Dompierre-sur-Charente photo, taken in Saintes France

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Visit Dompierre-sur-Charente: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Dompierre-sur-Charente is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 72 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Dompierre-sur-Charente is 411 km from Paris and 609 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Saintes at 12 km from Dompierre-sur-Charente

Popular places to visit near Dompierre-sur-Charente: these include Saintes at 12 km and Cognac at 13 km.

Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Saintes is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' 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 Dompierre-sur-Charente, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dompierre-sur-Charente

photo of Saintes
Saintes 12km
photo of Cognac
Cognac 13km
photo of Jarnac
Jarnac 25km
photo of Jonzac
Jonzac 29km
photo of Talmont
Talmont 37km
photo of Royan
Royan 43km
photo of Brouage
Brouage 48km

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 Dompierre-sur-Charente.

Note that all distances from Dompierre-sur-Charente shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Dompierre-sur-Charente holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dompierre-sur-Charente (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 Dompierre-sur-Charente and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (26km) : Jardin du Chaigne (31km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (34km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Talmont (37km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (42km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (8km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (11km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (12km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (12km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (19km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (25km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (11km) : Royan (42km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (45km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (29km) :
  7. Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (48km) :

Map of places to visit near Dompierre-sur-Charente & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Dompierre-sur-Charente

Canton: Burie

Arrondissement: Saintes

Department: Charente-Maritime

Region: Poitou-Charentes

Postcode: 17610

Distance to Dompierre-sur-Charente

from La Rochelle: 72 km

from Paris: 411 km

from Calais: 609 km

from Nice: 652 km

from Bordeaux: 96 km

from Strasbourg: 700 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Dompierre-sur-Charente): Brives-sur-Charente, Chaniers, Cherac, Montils, Rouffiac, Saint-Cesaire, Saint-Sauvant, Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge and Salignac-sur-Charente.

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 Dompierre-sur-Charente from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Dompierre-sur-Charente