Lorignac travel guide
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Visit Lorignac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Lorignac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 86 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Lorignac is 442 km from Paris and 639 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Talmont at 19 km from Lorignac
Popular places to visit near Lorignac: these include Talmont at 19 km and Jonzac at 20 km.
Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km and Talmont is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 19km. 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 Lorignac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Lorignac
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 Lorignac.
Note that all distances from Lorignac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Lorignac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Lorignac (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 Lorignac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (3km) : Parc du château Lanessan (38km) : La Roche Courbon (41km) : Jardin du Chaigne (43km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Talmont (19km) : Mornac-sur-Seudre (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (32km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (32km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (33km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (40km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (43km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (32km) : Royan (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (20km) :
Map of places to visit near Lorignac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lorignac
Canton: Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17240
Distance to Lorignac
from La Rochelle: 86 km
from Paris: 442 km
from Calais: 639 km
from Nice: 660 km
from Bordeaux: 70 km
from Strasbourg: 728 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lorignac): Boutenac-Touvent, Brie-sous-Mortagne, Champagnolles, Floirac, Saint-Ciers-du-Taillon, Saint-Dizant-du-Gua, Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde, Saint-Romain-sur-Gironde and Sainte-Ramee.
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 Lorignac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Lorignac