Le Grand-Madieu travel guide
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Visit Le Grand-Madieu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Le Grand-Madieu is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 40 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Le Grand-Madieu is 354 km from Paris and 567 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 12 km from Le Grand-Madieu
Popular places to visit near Le Grand-Madieu: these include Nanteuil-en-Vallee at 12 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 17 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 17km. 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 Le Grand-Madieu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Grand-Madieu
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Grand-Madieu.
Note that all distances from Le Grand-Madieu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Grand-Madieu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Le Grand-Madieu (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 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 Le Grand-Madieu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (17km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (29km) : Jardin de Liliane (44km) : Logis de Forge (49km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (23km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (19km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (20km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (21km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (27km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (27km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (29km) : Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (19km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Le Grand-Madieu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Grand-Madieu
Canton: Saint-Claud
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16450
Distance to Le Grand-Madieu
from Angouleme: 40 km
from Paris: 354 km
from Calais: 567 km
from Nice: 593 km
from Bordeaux: 146 km
from Strasbourg: 624 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 Le Grand-Madieu): Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette, Cellefrouin, Champagne-Mouton, Chassiecq, Le Vieux-Cerier, Parzac, Saint-Claud, Saint-Laurent-de-Ceris and Turgon.
Getting here
Charente is in the west of France. Most visitors to the region come by car with arrive here by car with the ferry ports at Saint Malo taking about 5 hours driving time. For driving distances to Le Grand-Madieu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Grand-Madieu