La Chataigneraie travel guide
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Visit La Chataigneraie: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Chataigneraie is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 53 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: La Chataigneraie is 337 km from Paris and 514 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vouvant at 9 km from La Chataigneraie
Popular places to visit near La Chataigneraie: these include Vouvant at 9 km and Fontenay-le-Comte at 21 km.
Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Vouvant is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 9km. 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 La Chataigneraie, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Chataigneraie
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Chataigneraie.
Note that all distances from La Chataigneraie shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Chataigneraie holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Chataigneraie (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 France and Vendee 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 Chataigneraie and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (23km) : Jardins de Chaligny (32km) : Parc oriental de Maulévrier (40km) : La Guyonnière (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (9km) : Coulon (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (9km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (26km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (31km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (33km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (34km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (42km) : Cholet (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (21km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (36km) :
Map of places to visit near La Chataigneraie & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Châtaigneraie
Canton: Châtaigneraie
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85120
Distance to La Chataigneraie
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 53 km
from Paris: 337 km
from Calais: 514 km
from Nice: 708 km
from Bordeaux: 202 km
from Strasbourg: 671 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Chataigneraie): Antigny, Breuil-Barret, Cheffois, La Tardiere, Loge-Fougereuse, Saint-Maurice-Des-Noues, Saint-Maurice-le-Girard and Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to La Chataigneraie from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Chataigneraie