Fontaine-le-Comte travel guide
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Visit Fontaine-le-Comte: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontaine-le-Comte is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 8 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Fontaine-le-Comte is 302 km from Paris and 505 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Poitiers at 8 km from Fontaine-le-Comte
Popular places to visit near Fontaine-le-Comte: these include Poitiers at 8 km and Nouaille-Maupertuis at 12 km.
Poitiers is a listed 'town of art and history' at 8km and Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. 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 Fontaine-le-Comte, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontaine-le-Comte
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontaine-le-Comte.
Note that all distances from Fontaine-le-Comte shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontaine-le-Comte holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontaine-le-Comte (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 Vienne 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 Fontaine-le-Comte and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Laverré (12km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (24km) : La Guyonnière (38km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (46km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (21km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (9km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (12km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (33km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (43km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (8km) : Parthenay (40km) : Montmorillon (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontaine-le-Comte & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontaine-le-Comte
Canton: Poitiers 5e Canton
Arrondissement: Poitiers
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86240
Distance to Fontaine-le-Comte
from Poitiers: 8 km
from Paris: 302 km
from Calais: 505 km
from Nice: 634 km
from Bordeaux: 199 km
from Strasbourg: 606 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontaine-le-Comte): Beruges, Biard, Coulombiers, Croutelle, Iteuil, Liguge, Poitiers and Vouneuil-sous-Biard.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Fontaine-le-Comte from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontaine-le-Comte