Oradour travel guide
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Visit Oradour: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Oradour is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 31 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Oradour is 374 km from Paris and 578 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Tusson at 8 km from Oradour
Popular places to visit near Oradour: these include Tusson at 8 km and Bayers at 20 km.
Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) is a listed 'religious monument' at 22km. 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 Oradour, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Oradour
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Oradour.
Note that all distances from Oradour shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Oradour holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Oradour (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 Oradour and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (8km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (27km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (36km) : Jardin du Chaigne (41km) : Logis de Forge (41km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (23km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (23km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (27km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (28km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Châtre (Saint-Brice) (29km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Trois-Palis) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Michel) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (31km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (31km) : Saintes (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Oradour & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Oradour
Canton: Aigre
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16140
Distance to Oradour
from Angouleme: 31 km
from Paris: 374 km
from Calais: 578 km
from Nice: 626 km
from Bordeaux: 126 km
from Strasbourg: 658 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Oradour): Aigre, Barbezieres, Ebreon, Lupsault, Mons, Saint-Fraigne and Villejesus.
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 Oradour from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Oradour