Merignac travel guide
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Visit Merignac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Merignac is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 114 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Merignac is 441 km from Paris and 645 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Jonzac at 17 km from Merignac
Popular places to visit near Merignac: these include Jonzac at 17 km and Barbezieux at 20 km.
Jonzac is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km and Jardin du Chaigne is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 27km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Merignac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Merignac
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 Merignac.
Note that all distances from Merignac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Merignac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Merignac (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 Merignac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (27km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (34km) : Jardin du Fond de l’or (41km) : Parc du château Lanessan (41km) : Logis de Forge (41km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (47km) :
- National Monuments: Cave Pair-non-Pair (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (36km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (39km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (42km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (17km) :
Map of places to visit near Merignac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mérignac
Canton: Montlieu-la-Garde
Arrondissement: Jonzac
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17210
Distance to Merignac
from La Rochelle: 114 km
from Paris: 441 km
from Calais: 645 km
from Nice: 626 km
from Bordeaux: 59 km
from Strasbourg: 709 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Merignac): Bran, Chantillac, Chatenet, Chaunac, Chevanceaux, Jussas, Le Pin, Leoville, Messac, Polignac, Pommiers-Moulons, Sainte-Colombe, Sousmoulins, Vanzac and Vibrac.
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 Merignac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Merignac