Niort travel guide
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Visit Niort: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Niort is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Deux-Sevres department. (General information: Niort is 352 km from Paris and 542 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Niort
Popular places to visit near Niort: these include Niort at 1 km and Coulon at 9 km.
Coulon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 9km and Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) is a listed 'religious monument' at 12km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Niort: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Niort, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Niort
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Niort.
Note that all distances from Niort shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Niort holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Niort (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 Deux-Sevres 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 Niort and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (27km) : La Guyonnière (33km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (49km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (40km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coulon (9km) : Vouvant (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Eulalie (Benet) (12km) : Abbaye Royale (Nieul-sur-l'Autise) (20km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre et Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Maillezais) (22km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (29km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (34km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (35km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Vouvant) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Parthenay (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Fontenay-le-Comte (31km) :
- Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (16km) :
Map of places to visit near Niort & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Niort
Canton: Niort
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79000
Distance to Niort
from Niort: 0 km
from Paris: 352 km
from Calais: 542 km
from Nice: 673 km
from Bordeaux: 165 km
from Strasbourg: 666 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Niort): Aiffres, Bessines, Magne, Saint-Remy and Sciecq.
Getting here
Deux-Sevres is in the western-centre of France. Most visitors will come by car, as an excursion from the Loire Valley or approximately 4 hours from the channel port at Saint-Malo. For driving distances to Niort from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Niort