La Villedieu travel guide
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Visit La Villedieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Villedieu is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 65 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: La Villedieu is 370 km from Paris and 567 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 23 km from La Villedieu
Popular places to visit near La Villedieu: these include Melle at 23 km and Niort at 31 km.
Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km. 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 Villedieu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Villedieu
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 Villedieu.
Note that all distances from La Villedieu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Villedieu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Villedieu (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 Villedieu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (23km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (33km) : La Roche Courbon (45km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (36km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (4km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (5km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (29km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (42km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (40km) :
Map of places to visit near La Villedieu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Villedieu
Canton: Aulnay
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17470
Distance to La Villedieu
from La Rochelle: 65 km
from Paris: 370 km
from Calais: 567 km
from Nice: 653 km
from Bordeaux: 138 km
from Strasbourg: 669 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Villedieu): Aulnay, Contre, Le Vert, Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire and Villiers-sur-Chize.
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 Villedieu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Villedieu