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Visit Mons: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mons is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 73 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Mons is 394 km from Paris and 593 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cognac at 14 km from Mons
Popular places to visit near Mons: these include Cognac at 14 km and Jarnac at 20 km.
Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km and Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) 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 Mons, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mons
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 Mons.
Note that all distances from Mons shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mons holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mons (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 Mons and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Chaigne (33km) : La Roche Courbon (34km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (35km) : Logis de Forge (47km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (8km) : Abbaye de Fontdouce (Saint-Bris-des-Bois) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (13km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gensac-la-Pallue) (20km) : Eglise de Saint-Savinien (Fenioux) (21km) : Eglise de Saint-Germain (Gimeux) (21km) : Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes (Saintes) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (23km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saintes (23km) : Angouleme (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Jonzac (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Mons & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mons
Canton: Matha
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17160
Distance to Mons
from La Rochelle: 73 km
from Paris: 394 km
from Calais: 593 km
from Nice: 645 km
from Bordeaux: 111 km
from Strasbourg: 684 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mons): Aujac, Aumagne, Authon-Ebeon, Blanzac-les-Matha, Burie, Courcerac, Le Seure, Matha, Mesnac, Migron, Prignac, Sonnac and Thors.
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 Mons from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mons