La Mothe-Saint-Heray travel guide
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Visit La Mothe-Saint-Heray: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Mothe-Saint-Heray is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 27 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: La Mothe-Saint-Heray is 333 km from Paris and 530 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 16 km from La Mothe-Saint-Heray
Popular places to visit near La Mothe-Saint-Heray: these include Melle at 16 km and Niort at 27 km.
Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km and Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for La Mothe-Saint-Heray: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Mothe-Saint-Heray, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Mothe-Saint-Heray
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Mothe-Saint-Heray.
Note that all distances from La Mothe-Saint-Heray shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Mothe-Saint-Heray holidays and travel
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For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Poitou-Charentes and Deux-Sevres 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 Mothe-Saint-Heray and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (16km) : La Guyonnière (26km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (34km) : Laverré (35km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (47km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (49km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (17km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (16km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (37km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (40km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (42km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (33km) : Poitiers (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (43km) :
Map of places to visit near La Mothe-Saint-Heray & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mothe-Saint-Héray
Canton: Mothe-Saint-Héray
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79800
Distance to La Mothe-Saint-Heray
from Niort: 27 km
from Paris: 333 km
from Calais: 530 km
from Nice: 650 km
from Bordeaux: 173 km
from Strasbourg: 640 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Mothe-Saint-Heray): Bougon, Chenay, Exoudun, La Couarde, Nanteuil, Pamproux, Sainte-Eanne, Salles and Souvigne.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to La Mothe-Saint-Heray from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Mothe-Saint-Heray