Montmorillon travel guide
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Visit Montmorillon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montmorillon is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 45 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Montmorillon is 292 km from Paris and 508 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Verneuil-Moustiers at 22 km from Montmorillon
Popular places to visit near Montmorillon: these include Verneuil-Moustiers at 22 km and Chauvigny at 23 km.
Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km and Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Montmorillon: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Montmorillon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montmorillon
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montmorillon.
Note that all distances from Montmorillon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montmorillon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montmorillon (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 Vienne 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 Montmorillon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Laverré (41km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Angles-sur-l'Anglin (30km) : Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (40km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (23km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (36km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (36km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (36km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (44km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (47km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (44km) : Confolens (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (23km) :
Map of places to visit near Montmorillon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montmorillon
Canton: Montmorillon
Arrondissement: Montmorillon
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86500
Distance to Montmorillon
from Poitiers: 45 km
from Paris: 292 km
from Calais: 508 km
from Nice: 586 km
from Bordeaux: 209 km
from Strasbourg: 569 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 1 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Montmorillon): Saulge.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Montmorillon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montmorillon