Les Forges travel guide
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Visit Les Forges: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Les Forges is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 41 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Les Forges is 313 km from Paris and 509 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Parthenay at 20 km from Les Forges
Popular places to visit near Les Forges: these include Parthenay at 20 km and Poitiers at 29 km.
Sanxay is a listed 'national monument' at 5km and Jardin du château de La Mothe is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. 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 Les Forges, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Les Forges
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Les Forges.
Note that all distances from Les Forges shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Les Forges holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Les Forges (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 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 Les Forges and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de La Mothe (14km) : La Guyonnière (16km) : Laverré (30km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (36km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (5km) : Oiron Chateau (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (17km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (29km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (33km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (37km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (39km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (48km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (20km) : Poitiers (29km) :
Map of places to visit near Les Forges & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Forges
Canton: Ménigoute
Arrondissement: Parthenay
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79340
Distance to Les Forges
from Niort: 41 km
from Paris: 313 km
from Calais: 509 km
from Nice: 654 km
from Bordeaux: 194 km
from Strasbourg: 626 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Les Forges): Benassay, Curzay-sur-Vonne, Menigoute, Sanxay and Vasles.
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 Les Forges from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Les Forges