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Visit Messe: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Messe is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 45 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Messe is 333 km from Paris and 536 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 20 km from Messe
Popular places to visit near Messe: these include Melle at 20 km and Ruffec at 27 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km and Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km. 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 Messe, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Messe
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Messe.
Note that all distances from Messe shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Messe holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Messe (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 Messe and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (20km) : Laverré (26km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (29km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (37km) : La Guyonnière (44km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (45km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (26km) : Sanxay (27km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (19km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (21km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (24km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (26km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (32km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Messe & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Messé
Canton: Lezay
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79120
Distance to Messe
from Niort: 45 km
from Paris: 333 km
from Calais: 536 km
from Nice: 630 km
from Bordeaux: 167 km
from Strasbourg: 629 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 Messe): Couhe, Pers, Rom, Sainte-Soline, Vancais and Vanzay.
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 Messe from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Messe