Paizay-le-Chapt travel guide

Paizay-le-Chapt photo, taken in Melle France

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Visit Paizay-le-Chapt: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Paizay-le-Chapt is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 34 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Paizay-le-Chapt is 362 km from Paris and 562 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 16 km from Paizay-le-Chapt

Popular places to visit near Paizay-le-Chapt: these include Melle at 16 km and Tusson at 25 km.

Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km and Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. 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 Paizay-le-Chapt, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Paizay-le-Chapt

photo of Melle
Melle 16km
photo of Tusson
Tusson 25km
photo of Ruffec
Ruffec 30km
photo of Niort
Niort 35km
photo of Bayers
Bayers 36km
photo of Coulon
Coulon 41km
photo of Jarnac
Jarnac 45km
photo of Cognac
Cognac 45km

See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Paizay-le-Chapt.

Note that all distances from Paizay-le-Chapt shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Paizay-le-Chapt holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Paizay-le-Chapt (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 Paizay-le-Chapt and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (16km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (25km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (36km) :
  2. National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (46km) : Sanxay (48km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Coulon (41km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (11km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (16km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Dampierre-sur-Boutonne) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et eglise de Saint Hérie (Matha) (26km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Varaize) (26km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (38km) :
  5. Grand Site of France: Marais Poitevin (47km) :

Map of places to visit near Paizay-le-Chapt & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Paizay-le-Chapt

Canton: Brioux-sur-Boutonne

Arrondissement: Niort

Department: Deux-Sevres

Region: Poitou-Charentes

Postcode: 79170

Distance to Paizay-le-Chapt

from Niort: 34 km

from Paris: 362 km

from Calais: 562 km

from Nice: 643 km

from Bordeaux: 142 km

from Strasbourg: 659 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Paizay-le-Chapt): Asnieres-en-Poitou, Aubigne, Cherigne, Crezieres, Ensigne, Juille, La Bataille, Luche-sur-Brioux and Vinax.

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 Paizay-le-Chapt from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Paizay-le-Chapt