Pioussay travel guide
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Visit Pioussay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pioussay is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 46 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Pioussay is 355 km from Paris and 559 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 14 km from Pioussay
Popular places to visit near Pioussay: these include Ruffec at 14 km and Tusson at 16 km.
Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 16km. 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 Pioussay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pioussay
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pioussay.
Note that all distances from Pioussay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pioussay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pioussay (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 Pioussay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (16km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (20km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (21km) : Laverré (48km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (30km) : Sanxay (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (22km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (24km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (26km) : Eglise de Saint-Pierre (Aulnay) (30km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (30km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Pioussay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pioussay
Canton: Chef-Boutonne
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79110
Distance to Pioussay
from Niort: 46 km
from Paris: 355 km
from Calais: 559 km
from Nice: 628 km
from Bordeaux: 145 km
from Strasbourg: 645 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pioussay): Ardilleux, Bouin, Empure, Hanc, La Foret-de-Tesse, La Magdeleine, Lorigne, Paizay-Naudouin-Embourie and Theil-Rabier.
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 Pioussay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pioussay