Hiersac travel guide
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Visit Hiersac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Hiersac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 11 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Hiersac is 396 km from Paris and 603 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Simon at 7 km from Hiersac
Popular places to visit near Hiersac: these include Saint-Simon at 7 km and Angouleme at 11 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. 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 Hiersac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Hiersac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Hiersac.
Note that all distances from Hiersac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Hiersac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Hiersac (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 Hiersac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Logis de Forge (16km) : Jardin du Chaigne (18km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (30km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (5km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (10km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (20km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (27km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (11km) : Saintes (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Hiersac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Hiersac
Canton: Hiersac
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16290
Distance to Hiersac
from Angouleme: 11 km
from Paris: 396 km
from Calais: 603 km
from Nice: 614 km
from Bordeaux: 103 km
from Strasbourg: 669 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Hiersac): Asnieres-sur-Nouere, Champmillon, Douzat, Echallat, Linars, Mosnac, Moulidars, Nersac, Saint-Saturnin, Saint-Simeux, Trois-Palis and Vibrac.
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 Hiersac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Hiersac