Maisonnay travel guide

Maisonnay photo, taken in Melle France

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Visit Maisonnay: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Maisonnay is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 34 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Maisonnay is 347 km from Paris and 548 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 7 km from Maisonnay

Popular places to visit near Maisonnay: these include Melle at 7 km and Ruffec at 27 km.

Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 7km and Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. 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 Maisonnay, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Maisonnay

photo of Melle
Melle 7km
photo of Ruffec
Ruffec 27km
photo of Tusson
Tusson 30km
photo of Niort
Niort 34km
photo of Bayers
Bayers 37km
photo of Coulon
Coulon 43km

See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Maisonnay.

Note that all distances from Maisonnay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Maisonnay holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Maisonnay (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 Maisonnay and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (7km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (30km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (31km) : Laverré (42km) : La Guyonnière (45km) :
  2. National Monuments: Sanxay (34km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (36km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Coulon (43km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (26km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (28km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (30km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (31km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (32km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (36km) :
  5. Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (49km) :

Map of places to visit near Maisonnay & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Maisonnay

Canton: Melle

Arrondissement: Niort

Department: Deux-Sevres

Region: Poitou-Charentes

Postcode: 79500

Distance to Maisonnay

from Niort: 34 km

from Paris: 347 km

from Calais: 548 km

from Nice: 639 km

from Bordeaux: 156 km

from Strasbourg: 645 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Maisonnay): Chail, Gournay-Loize, Les Alleuds, Pouffonds, Saint-Coutant, Saint-Genard, Saint-Leger-de-la-Martiniere, Saint-Vincent-la-Chatre, Sompt and Tillou.

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 Maisonnay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Maisonnay