Dompierre-sur-Charente travel guide
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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.
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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
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!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (26km) : Jardin du Chaigne (31km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (37km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (42km) :
- 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) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (11km) : Royan (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (29km) :
- 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