Nieuil travel guide
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Visit Nieuil: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Nieuil is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 37 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Nieuil is 359 km from Paris and 573 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Rochefoucauld at 18 km from Nieuil
Popular places to visit near Nieuil: these include La Rochefoucauld at 18 km and Confolens at 20 km.
Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) is a listed 'religious monument' at 18km and Confolens is a listed 'town of art and history' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Nieuil, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Nieuil
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Nieuil.
Note that all distances from Nieuil shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Nieuil holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Nieuil (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 Nieuil and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (25km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (34km) : Jardin de Liliane (37km) : Logis de Forge (46km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (22km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (26km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (29km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (29km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (30km) : Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (34km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (35km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (20km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Nontron (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Nieuil & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Nieuil
Canton: Saint-Claud
Arrondissement: Confolens
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16270
Distance to Nieuil
from Angouleme: 37 km
from Paris: 359 km
from Calais: 573 km
from Nice: 586 km
from Bordeaux: 143 km
from Strasbourg: 624 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Nieuil): Genouillac, Lussac, Mazieres, Roumazieres-Loubert, Saint-Claud and Suaux.
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 Nieuil from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Nieuil