Leigne-sur-Usseau travel guide
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Visit Leigne-sur-Usseau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Leigne-sur-Usseau is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 38 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Leigne-sur-Usseau is 257 km from Paris and 460 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Rivau at 24 km from Leigne-sur-Usseau
Popular places to visit near Leigne-sur-Usseau: these include Chateau du Rivau at 24 km and Crissay-sur-Manse at 26 km.
Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 22km and Crissay-sur-Manse is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 26km. 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 Leigne-sur-Usseau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Leigne-sur-Usseau
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Leigne-sur-Usseau.
Note that all distances from Leigne-sur-Usseau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Leigne-sur-Usseau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Leigne-sur-Usseau (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 Vienne 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 Leigne-sur-Usseau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (22km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (39km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (46km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (39km) : Oiron Chateau (42km) : Fontevraud Abbey (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (26km) : Angles-sur-l'Anglin (40km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (45km) : Montsoreau (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (40km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (40km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (44km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (45km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (46km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (47km) : Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (35km) : Poitiers (38km) : Loches (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (31km) : Chauvigny (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Leigne-sur-Usseau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Leigné-sur-Usseau
Canton: Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86230
Distance to Leigne-sur-Usseau
from Poitiers: 38 km
from Paris: 257 km
from Calais: 460 km
from Nice: 640 km
from Bordeaux: 245 km
from Strasbourg: 575 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 Leigne-sur-Usseau): Jaulnay, Mondion, Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers, Usseau and Velleches.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Leigne-sur-Usseau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Leigne-sur-Usseau