Fouqueure travel guide
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Visit Fouqueure: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fouqueure is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 26 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Fouqueure is 372 km from Paris and 578 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tusson at 6 km from Fouqueure
Popular places to visit near Fouqueure: these include Tusson at 6 km and Bayers at 13 km.
Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km and Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Fouqueure, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fouqueure
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fouqueure.
Note that all distances from Fouqueure shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fouqueure holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fouqueure (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 Fouqueure and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (6km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (23km) : Logis de Forge (37km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (41km) : Jardin du Chaigne (41km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (18km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (19km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (27km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (31km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (32km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (26km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Fouqueure & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fouqueure
Canton: Aigre
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16140
Distance to Fouqueure
from Angouleme: 26 km
from Paris: 372 km
from Calais: 578 km
from Nice: 617 km
from Bordeaux: 127 km
from Strasbourg: 652 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fouqueure): Aigre, Amberac, Cellettes, Coulonges, Ebreon, Juille, La Chapelle, Ligne, Luxe, Marcillac-Lanville, Tusson, Vervant, Villejesus and Villognon.
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 Fouqueure from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fouqueure