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Visit Edon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Edon is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 24 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Edon is 404 km from Paris and 617 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Villebois-Lavalette at 6 km from Edon
Popular places to visit near Edon: these include Villebois-Lavalette at 6 km and Charmant at 13 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km and Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km. 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 Edon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Edon
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Edon.
Note that all distances from Edon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Edon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Edon (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 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 Edon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (19km) : Jardin du Chaigne (40km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (28km) : Saint-Jean-de-Cole (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (19km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (26km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (27km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (27km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (29km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (24km) : Perigueux (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Edon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Édon
Canton: Villebois-Lavalette
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16320
Distance to Edon
from Angouleme: 24 km
from Paris: 404 km
from Calais: 617 km
from Nice: 582 km
from Bordeaux: 103 km
from Strasbourg: 657 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Edon): Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard, Combiers, Gardes-le-Pontaroux, Rougnac, Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil and Villebois-Lavalette.
Getting here
Charente is in the west of France. Most visitors to the region come by car with arrive here by car with the ferry ports at Saint Malo taking about 5 hours driving time. For driving distances to Edon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Edon