Jussas travel guide
Visit Jussas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 20 km from Jussas
Location: Jussas is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 116 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Jussas is 447 km from Paris and 651 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Jussas: these include Jonzac at 20 km and Barbezieux at 26 km. Jonzac is a listed recommended detour at 20 km and Cave Pair-non-Pair is a listed national monument at 30 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Jussas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Jussas
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Jussas.
Note that all distances from Jussas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Jussas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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-Maritime gites and villas
Markets near Jussas
- Montendre: market every Thursday (5km)
- Jonzac: market every Tuesday & Saturday (19km)
- Cavignac: market every Thursday (21km)
- Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire: market every Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (25km)
- Chalais: market every Monday (30km)
- Blaye: market every Wednesday & Saturday (30km)
- Coutras: market every Wednesday & Saturday (32km)
- Pons: market every Wednesday and Saturday (37km)
- Ambares-et-Lagrave: market every Friday & (41km)
- Castelnau-de-Medoc: market every Sunday (46km)
- La Couronne: market every Saturday (50km)
- Montpon-Menesterol: market every Wednesday (50km)
- Cozes: market every Wednesday (51km)
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 Jussas and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Jussas map below.
Heritage Site Blaye citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (31km); Cussac Fort Paté (Vauban fortifications) (32km); Fort Médoc (Vauban fortifications) (34km); Pons ancien hopital des pèlerins (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (36km)
National Monument Cave Pair-non-Pair (30km)
Recommended Detour Jonzac (20km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (39km); Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (40km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (44km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (44km); Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (45km); Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (45km); Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (50km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (50km); Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (53km)
Remarkable Garden Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (33km); Jardin du Chaigne (33km); Parc du château Lanessan (36km); Jardin du Fond de l’or (36km); Logis de Forge (47km)
Map of places to visit near Jussas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Jussas
Canton: Montendre
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17130
Distance to Jussas
from La Rochelle (local prefecture): 116 km
from Paris: 447 km
from Calais: 651 km
from Nice: 629 km
from Bordeaux: 53 km
from Strasbourg: 715 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Jussas): Chatenet, Chepniers, Corignac, Coux, Expiremont, Le Pin, Merignac, Montendre, Polignac, Pommiers-Moulons, Sainte-Colombe and Sousmoulins.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Jussas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Jussas