Mesnac travel guide
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Visit Mesnac: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mesnac is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 42 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Mesnac is 399 km from Paris and 598 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 10 km from Mesnac
Popular places to visit near Mesnac: these include Cognac at 10 km and Jarnac at 18 km.
Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km. 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 Mesnac, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mesnac
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mesnac.
Note that all distances from Mesnac shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mesnac holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mesnac (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 Mesnac and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (30km) : La Roche Courbon (33km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (38km) : Logis de Forge (45km) : Parcs et jardins du château de Beaulon (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (10km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (12km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (13km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (17km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (21km) : Upper Church et lower Church de Saint Eutrope (Saintes) (22km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (21km) : Angouleme (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Mesnac & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mesnac
Canton: Cognac-Nord
Arrondissement: Cognac
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16370
Distance to Mesnac
from Angouleme: 42 km
from Paris: 399 km
from Calais: 598 km
from Nice: 645 km
from Bordeaux: 106 km
from Strasbourg: 687 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mesnac): Burie, Cherves-Richemont, Le Seure, Migron, Mons, Prignac and Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac.
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 Mesnac from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mesnac