Jousse travel guide
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Visit Jousse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Jousse is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 41 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Jousse is 324 km from Paris and 535 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Germain-de-Confolens at 25 km from Jousse
Popular places to visit near Jousse: these include Saint-Germain-de-Confolens at 25 km and Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 27 km.
Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km and Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) is a listed 'religious monument' at 7km. 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 Jousse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Jousse
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Jousse.
Note that all distances from Jousse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Jousse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Jousse (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 Vienne 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 Jousse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Laverré (26km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (26km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (45km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (47km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (10km) : Sanxay (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (7km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (7km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (17km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (28km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (28km) : Montmorillon (38km) : Poitiers (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Jousse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Joussé
Canton: Charroux
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86350
Distance to Jousse
from Poitiers: 41 km
from Paris: 324 km
from Calais: 535 km
from Nice: 604 km
from Bordeaux: 175 km
from Strasbourg: 607 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Jousse): Chateau-Garnier, Payroux, Saint-Martin-l'Ars and Usson-du-Poitou.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Jousse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Jousse