Leignes-sur-Fontaine travel guide
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Visit Leignes-sur-Fontaine: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Leignes-sur-Fontaine is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 35 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Leignes-sur-Fontaine is 287 km from Paris and 500 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chauvigny at 12 km from Leignes-sur-Fontaine
Popular places to visit near Leignes-sur-Fontaine: these include Chauvigny at 12 km and Angles-sur-l'Anglin at 23 km.
Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. 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 Leignes-sur-Fontaine, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Leignes-sur-Fontaine
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Leignes-sur-Fontaine.
Note that all distances from Leignes-sur-Fontaine shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Leignes-sur-Fontaine holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Leignes-sur-Fontaine (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 Leignes-sur-Fontaine and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Laverré (34km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Angles-sur-l'Anglin (23km) : Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (10km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (11km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (12km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (31km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (32km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (34km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (39km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montmorillon (11km) : Poitiers (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (12km) :
Map of places to visit near Leignes-sur-Fontaine & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Leignes-sur-Fontaine
Canton: Chauvigny
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86300
Distance to Leignes-sur-Fontaine
from Poitiers: 35 km
from Paris: 287 km
from Calais: 500 km
from Nice: 597 km
from Bordeaux: 213 km
from Strasbourg: 572 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 Leignes-sur-Fontaine): Antigny, Chapelle-Viviers, Fleix, Jouhet and Pindray.
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 Leignes-sur-Fontaine from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Leignes-sur-Fontaine