Merignac travel guide
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Visit Merignac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Merignac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 18 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Merignac is 396 km from Paris and 601 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Simon at 5 km from Merignac
Popular places to visit near Merignac: these include Saint-Simon at 5 km and Jarnac at 8 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km and Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) is a listed 'religious monument' 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 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 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 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 (17km) : Logis de Forge (22km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (29km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (12km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Cybard (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (La Couronne) (17km) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Angouleme) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (24km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (26km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (18km) : Saintes (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Merignac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mérignac
Canton: Jarnac
Arrondissement: Cognac
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16200
Distance to Merignac
from Angouleme: 18 km
from Paris: 396 km
from Calais: 601 km
from Nice: 622 km
from Bordeaux: 103 km
from Strasbourg: 673 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 Merignac): Bassac, Echallat, Fleurac, Foussignac, Gondeville, Moulidars, Saint-Meme-les-Carrieres, Saint-Simon, Triac-Lautrait and Vaux-Rouillac.
Getting here
Charente is in the west of France. Most visitors to the region come by car with arrive here by car with the ferry ports at Saint Malo taking about 5 hours driving time. For driving distances to Merignac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Merignac