La Brousse travel guide
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Visit La Brousse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Brousse is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 68 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: La Brousse is 388 km from Paris and 586 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 22 km from La Brousse
Popular places to visit near La Brousse: these include Cognac at 22 km and Saintes at 26 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Brousse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Brousse
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 La Brousse.
Note that all distances from La Brousse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Brousse holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Brousse (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-Maritime 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 La Brousse and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La Roche Courbon (34km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (34km) : Jardin du Chaigne (40km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (41km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (4km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (4km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (7km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (15km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (15km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (18km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (21km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (23km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (26km) : Angouleme (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (49km) :
Map of places to visit near La Brousse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brousse
Canton: Matha
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17160
Distance to La Brousse
from La Rochelle: 68 km
from Paris: 388 km
from Calais: 586 km
from Nice: 649 km
from Bordeaux: 118 km
from Strasbourg: 681 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Brousse): Aujac, Aumagne, Authon-Ebeon, Bagnizeau, Blanzac-les-Matha, Courcerac, Gibourne, Matha, Thors and Varaize.
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 La Brousse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Brousse