Gimeux travel guide
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Visit Gimeux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gimeux is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 40 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Gimeux is 412 km from Paris and 613 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 7 km from Gimeux
Popular places to visit near Gimeux: these include Cognac at 7 km and Jarnac at 16 km.
Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. 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 Gimeux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gimeux
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Gimeux.
Note that all distances from Gimeux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gimeux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Gimeux (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 Gimeux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (19km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (35km) : La Roche Courbon (38km) : Logis de Forge (40km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (9km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (11km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (16km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (23km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (33km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (23km) : Angouleme (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Gimeux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gimeux
Canton: Cognac-Sud
Arrondissement: Cognac
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16130
Distance to Gimeux
from Angouleme: 40 km
from Paris: 412 km
from Calais: 613 km
from Nice: 641 km
from Bordeaux: 90 km
from Strasbourg: 696 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gimeux): Angeac-Champagne, Ars, Celles, Coulonges, Gente, Lonzac, Merpins, Salignac-sur-Charente 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 Gimeux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gimeux