Loudun travel guide
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Visit Loudun: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Loudun is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 51 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Loudun is 266 km from Paris and 457 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Loudun: these include Moncontour, Vienne at 16 km and Chateau du Rivau at 20 km.
Oiron Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 14km and Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Loudun: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*; 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Loudun, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Loudun
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Loudun.
Note that all distances from Loudun shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Loudun holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Loudun (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 Loudun and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (21km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (39km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (40km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (49km) :
- National Monuments: Oiron Chateau (14km) : Fontevraud Abbey (19km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Candes-Saint-Martin (22km) : Montsoreau (23km) : Crissay-sur-Manse (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (18km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (19km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (22km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (27km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (44km) : Prieuré de Notre-Dame de Cunault (Chenehutte-Treves-Cunault) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (23km) : Aubigne-sur-Layon (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (23km) : Parthenay (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Montreuil-Bellay (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Loudun & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Loudun
Canton: Loudun
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86200
Distance to Loudun
from Poitiers: 51 km
from Paris: 266 km
from Calais: 457 km
from Nice: 670 km
from Bordeaux: 247 km
from Strasbourg: 598 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Loudun): Arcay, Basses, Chalais, Les Trois-Moutiers, Mouterre-Silly and Sammarcolles.
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 Loudun from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Loudun