Fontenay-le-Comte travel guide
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Visit Fontenay-le-Comte: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontenay-le-Comte is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 53 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Fontenay-le-Comte is 355 km from Paris and 535 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Fontenay-le-Comte (page also includes a photo gallery for Fontenay-le-Comte)
Popular places to visit near Fontenay-le-Comte: these include Nieul-sur-l'Autise at 11 km and Maillezais abbey at 11 km.
Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Fontenay-le-Comte: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour); Fontenay-le-Comte has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Fontenay-le-Comte, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontenay-le-Comte
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontenay-le-Comte.
Note that all distances from Fontenay-le-Comte shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontenay-le-Comte holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontenay-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 France and Vendee 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 Fontenay-le-Comte and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (19km) : Jardins de Chaligny (28km) : La Guyonnière (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (12km) : Coulon (23km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (10km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (11km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (12km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (14km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (19km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (47km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontenay-le-Comte & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton: Fontenay-le-Comte
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85200
Distance to Fontenay-le-Comte
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 53 km
from Paris: 355 km
from Calais: 535 km
from Nice: 704 km
from Bordeaux: 182 km
from Strasbourg: 683 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 Fontenay-le-Comte): Auzay, Chaix, Fontaines, Longeves, Pissotte, Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau, Saint-Michel-le-Cloucq and Serigne.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Fontenay-le-Comte from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontenay-le-Comte