Nontron travel guide
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Visit Nontron: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Nontron is situated in the Dordogne department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 39 km from Perigueux, the department capital. (General information: Nontron is 391 km from Paris and 609 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Nontron (page also includes a photo gallery for Nontron)
Popular places to visit near Nontron: these include Chateau de Puyguilhem at 14 km and Brantome at 18 km.
Chateau de Puyguilhem is a listed 'national monument' at 14km and Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) is a listed 'religious monument' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Nontron: 'Recommended detour town' (plus beau détour);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Nontron, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Nontron
See France This Way travel guides for Dordogne and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Nontron.
Note that all distances from Nontron shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Nontron holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Nontron (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 Aquitaine and Dordogne 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 Nontron and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de Liliane (35km) : Logis de Forge (42km) : Jardins du château de Hautefort (48km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Puyguilhem (14km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Jean-de-Cole (18km) : Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Cistercienne de Boschaud (Villars) (14km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Brantome) (18km) : Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Thiviers) (24km) : Abbaye Notre Dame (Chancelade) (36km) : Ancien Prieuré de Merlande (La Chapelle-Gonaguet) (36km) : Cathédrale Saint Front (Perigueux) (39km) : Eglise Saint Etienne de la Cité (Perigueux) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Puymoyen) (39km) : Eglise Notre Dame de Faye (Faye) (40km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Voulgezac) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Perigueux (39km) : Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (41km) : Angouleme (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Nontron & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Nontron
Canton: Nontron
Arrondissement: Nontron
Department: Dordogne
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 24300
Distance to Nontron
from Perigueux: 39 km
from Paris: 391 km
from Calais: 609 km
from Nice: 561 km
from Bordeaux: 124 km
from Strasbourg: 635 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 Nontron): Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne, Saint-Martial-de-Valette, Saint-Martin-le-Pin, Savignac-de-Nontron and Sceau-Saint-Angel.
Getting here
Dordogne is in the south-west of France. Most visitors fly into the airports at either Bergerac (or Bordeaux). Alternatively to drive from the cross-channel ports takes around 9-11 hours. For driving distances to Nontron from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Nontron