Gente travel guide
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Visit Gente: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gente is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 35 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Gente is 411 km from Paris and 613 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 7 km from Gente
Popular places to visit near Gente: these include Cognac at 7 km and Jarnac at 12 km.
Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km. 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 Gente, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gente
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gente.
Note that all distances from Gente shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gente holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gente (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 Gente and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (15km) : Logis de Forge (35km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (38km) : La Roche Courbon (43km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (5km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (5km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (8km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (26km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (28km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (29km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (29km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (27km) : Angouleme (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Gente & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Genté
Canton: Segonzac
Arrondissement: Cognac
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16130
Distance to Gente
from Angouleme: 35 km
from Paris: 411 km
from Calais: 613 km
from Nice: 636 km
from Bordeaux: 91 km
from Strasbourg: 692 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 Gente): Angeac-Champagne, Ars, Celles, Gensac-la-Pallue, Gimeux, Juillac-le-Coq, Merpins, Saint-Fort-sur-le-Ne, Saint-Martial-sur-Ne and Salles-d'Angles.
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 Gente from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gente