La Croix-Comtesse travel guide
Visit La Croix-Comtesse: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Jean d'Angely at 15 km from La Croix-Comtesse
Location: La Croix-Comtesse is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 51 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: La Croix-Comtesse is 376 km from Paris and 569 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near La Croix-Comtesse: these include Saint-Jean d'Angely at 15 km and Surgeres at 20 km. Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) is a listed religious monument at 6 km and Zoodyssée is a listed zoo or wildlife park at 11 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 La Croix-Comtesse, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Croix-Comtesse
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 Croix-Comtesse.
Note that all distances from La Croix-Comtesse shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Croix-Comtesse 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 La Croix-Comtesse
- Aulnay: market every Sunday (13km)
- Surgeres: market every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (20km)
- Brioux-sur-Boutonne: market every Thursday (22km)
- Niort: market every Thursday all day & Saturday all day (27km)
- Matha: market every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday (27km)
- Courcon: market every Wednesday (30km)
- Melle: market every Friday (32km)
- Benet: market every Monday (33km)
- Chef-Boutonne: market every Saturday (33km)
- La Creche: market every Sunday (35km)
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 Croix-Comtesse and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the La Croix-Comtesse map below.
Grand Site Of France Marais Poitevin (31km)
Heritage Site Aulnay église St Pierre (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (12km); Saint-Jean-d'Angély, abbaye royale (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (15km); Melle église St Hilaire (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (31km); Saintes basilique St Eutrope (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (39km)
Most Beautiful Village Coulon (28km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (6km); Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (16km); Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (18km); Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (22km); Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (25km); Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (27km); Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (33km); Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (34km); Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (37km); Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (38km); Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (38km); Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (41km)
Remarkable Garden Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (32km); La Roche Courbon (36km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Saintes (39km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Baie de l'Aiguillon (35km)
Town Of Art And History Saintes (38km); Rochefort (39km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saintes (39km); Marans (46km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Zoodyssée (11km)
Map of places to visit near La Croix-Comtesse & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Croix-Comtesse
Canton: Loulay
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17330
Distance to La Croix-Comtesse
from La Rochelle (local prefecture): 51 km
from Paris: 376 km
from Calais: 569 km
from Nice: 666 km
from Bordeaux: 138 km
from Strasbourg: 681 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Croix-Comtesse): Belleville, Blanzay-sur-Boutonne, Boisserolles, Coivert, Courant, Doeuil-sur-le-Mignon, La Jarrie-Audouin, Loulay, Lozay, Migre, Saint-Etienne-la-Cigogne, Saint-Martial, Vergne and Villeneuve-la-Comtesse.
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 Croix-Comtesse from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Croix-Comtesse