Oradour-Saint-Genest travel guide
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Visit Oradour-Saint-Genest: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Oradour-Saint-Genest is situated in the Haute-Vienne department (Limousin region) in the southern-centre of France at 47 km from Limoges, the department capital. (General information: Oradour-Saint-Genest is 307 km from Paris and 527 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Le-Dorat at 4 km from Oradour-Saint-Genest
Popular places to visit near Oradour-Saint-Genest: these include Le-Dorat at 4 km and Bellac at 13 km.
Montmorillon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 24km and Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) is a listed 'religious monument' at 25km. 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 Oradour-Saint-Genest, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Oradour-Saint-Genest
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Vienne and Limousin (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Oradour-Saint-Genest.
Note that all distances from Oradour-Saint-Genest shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Oradour-Saint-Genest holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Oradour-Saint-Genest (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 Haute-Vienne 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-Saint-Genest and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin-arboretum de La Sédelle (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Saint-Benoit-du-Sault (35km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Montmorillon) (25km) : Abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Lesterps) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais (Civaux) (37km) : Abbaye de la Réau (Saint-Martin-l'Ars) (38km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (39km) : Abbaye de Saint Savin sur Gartempe (Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe) (39km) : Abbaye de Saint-Amand (Saint-Junien) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chauvigny) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Limoges (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey (29km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Montmorillon (24km) : Confolens (37km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chauvigny (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Oradour-Saint-Genest & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Oradour-Saint-Genest
Canton: Dorat
Arrondissement: Bellac
Department: Haute-Vienne
Region: Limousin
Postcode: 87210
Distance to Oradour-Saint-Genest
from Limoges: 47 km
from Paris: 307 km
from Calais: 527 km
from Nice: 565 km
from Bordeaux: 200 km
from Strasbourg: 568 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Oradour-Saint-Genest): Darnac, La Bazeuge, Le Dorat and Thiat.
Getting here
For driving distances to Oradour-Saint-Genest from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Oradour-Saint-Genest