Fomperron travel guide

Fomperron photo, taken in Parthenay France

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Visit Fomperron: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Fomperron is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 32 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Fomperron is 322 km from Paris and 518 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Parthenay at 22 km from Fomperron

Popular places to visit near Fomperron: these include Parthenay at 22 km and Melle at 28 km.

Sanxay is a listed 'national monument' at 8km and La Guyonnière is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. 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 Fomperron, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fomperron

photo of Melle
Melle 28km
photo of Niort
Niort 32km
photo of Coulon
Coulon 40km

See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fomperron.

Note that all distances from Fomperron shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Fomperron holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fomperron (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 Deux-Sevres 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 Fomperron and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': La Guyonnière (15km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (22km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (28km) : Laverré (34km) :
  2. National Monuments: Sanxay (8km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Coulon (40km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (29km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (37km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (40km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (41km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (44km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (45km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (22km) : Poitiers (36km) :
  6. Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (46km) :

Map of places to visit near Fomperron & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Fomperron

Canton: Ménigoute

Arrondissement: Parthenay

Department: Deux-Sevres

Region: Poitou-Charentes

Postcode: 79340

Distance to Fomperron

from Niort: 32 km

from Paris: 322 km

from Calais: 518 km

from Nice: 656 km

from Bordeaux: 186 km

from Strasbourg: 634 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fomperron): Chantecorps, Coutieres, Menigoute, Saint-Germier and Soudan.

Getting here

Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Fomperron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Fomperron