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Visit Empure: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Empure is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 42 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Empure is 359 km from Paris and 564 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tusson at 10 km from Empure
Popular places to visit near Empure: these include Tusson at 10 km and Ruffec at 12 km.
Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. 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 Empure, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Empure
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Empure.
Note that all distances from Empure shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Empure holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Empure (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 Empure and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (10km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (17km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (27km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (24km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (29km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (30km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (42km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Empure & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Empuré
Canton: Villefagnan
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16240
Distance to Empure
from Angouleme: 42 km
from Paris: 359 km
from Calais: 564 km
from Nice: 624 km
from Bordeaux: 140 km
from Strasbourg: 646 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Empure): Brettes, Hanc, La Magdeleine, Longre, Paizay-Naudouin-Embourie, Pioussay, Raix, Theil-Rabier, Villefagnan and Villiers-le-Roux.
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 Empure from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Empure