Montjean travel guide
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Visit Montjean: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montjean is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 48 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Montjean is 350 km from Paris and 555 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 9 km from Montjean
Popular places to visit near Montjean: these include Ruffec at 9 km and Verteuil-sur-Charente at 14 km.
Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Montjean, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montjean
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montjean.
Note that all distances from Montjean shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montjean holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montjean (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 Montjean and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (14km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (17km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (25km) : Laverré (43km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (23km) : Sanxay (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (9km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (15km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (17km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (23km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (25km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (33km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (33km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Montjean & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montjean
Canton: Villefagnan
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16240
Distance to Montjean
from Angouleme: 48 km
from Paris: 350 km
from Calais: 555 km
from Nice: 622 km
from Bordeaux: 149 km
from Strasbourg: 638 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montjean): Bernac, La Chapelle-Pouilloux, La Chevrerie, La Foret-de-Tesse, La Magdeleine, Limalonges, Londigny, Lorigne, Montalembert, Saint-Martin-du-Clocher, Sauze-Vaussais and Villiers-le-Roux.
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 Montjean from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montjean