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Visit Pers: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pers is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 42 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Pers is 340 km from Paris and 542 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 16 km from Pers
Popular places to visit near Pers: these include Melle at 16 km and Ruffec at 23 km.
Arboretum du chemin de la découverte is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km and Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) is a listed 'religious monument' at 17km. 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 Pers, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pers
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pers.
Note that all distances from Pers shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pers holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pers (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 Pers and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (16km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (26km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (32km) : Laverré (33km) : La Guyonnière (46km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (27km) : Sanxay (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (19km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (24km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (24km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (25km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (33km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Pers & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pers
Canton: Sauzé-Vaussais
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79190
Distance to Pers
from Niort: 42 km
from Paris: 340 km
from Calais: 542 km
from Nice: 632 km
from Bordeaux: 162 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 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pers): Caunay, Clussais-la-Pommeraie, Lezay, Messe, Pliboux, Saint-Coutant, Sainte-Soline and Vanzay.
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 Pers from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pers