Montournais travel guide
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Visit Montournais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montournais is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 51 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Montournais is 331 km from Paris and 506 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vouvant at 19 km from Montournais
Popular places to visit near Montournais: these include Vouvant at 19 km and Fontenay-le-Comte at 31 km.
Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km and Vouvant is a listed 'most beautiful village' 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 Montournais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montournais
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montournais.
Note that all distances from Montournais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montournais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montournais (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 France and Vendee 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 Montournais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Bâtiment (28km) : Parc oriental de Maulévrier (30km) : Jardins de Chaligny (34km) : La Guyonnière (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Vouvant (19km) : Coulon (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (19km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (36km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (41km) : Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (44km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (44km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Cholet (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (31km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Montournais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montournais
Canton: Pouzauges
Arrondissement: Fontenay-le-Comte
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85700
Distance to Montournais
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 51 km
from Paris: 331 km
from Calais: 506 km
from Nice: 714 km
from Bordeaux: 212 km
from Strasbourg: 670 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 Montournais): La Meilleraie-Tillay, Menomblet, Pouzauges, Reaumur, Saint-Germain-l'Aiguiller, Saint-Mesmin and Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Montournais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montournais