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Visit Poil: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Poil is situated in the Nievre department (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 71 km from Nevers, the department capital. (General information: Poil is 256 km from Paris and 482 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Autun at 19 km from Poil
Popular places to visit near Poil: these include Autun at 19 km and Paray-le-Monial at 46 km.
Bibracte-Mont Beuvray is a listed 'grand site of france' at 7km and Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) is a listed 'religious monument' at 19km. 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 Poil, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Poil
See France This Way travel guides for Nievre and Burgundy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Poil.
Note that all distances from Poil shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Poil holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Poil (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 Nievre 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 Poil and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de Limanton (29km) : Parc et jardins du château de Sully (34km) : Jardin du château de Digoine (37km) : Parc et jardin du château du Chatillon en Bazois (38km) : Jardin de la Chaux (38km) : Parc de Saint-Léger (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Lazare (Autun) (19km) : Prieuré church de Saint Pierre et Saint Benoit (Perrecy-les-Forges) (30km) : Notre Dame des Cordeliers (Gourdon) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Vincent (Mont-Saint-Vincent) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Nizier (Baron) (45km) : Basilique du Sacré-Cœur (Paray-le-Monial) (46km) : Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Barthélémy (Cervon) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Paray-le-Monial (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Autun (19km) :
- Grand Site of France: Bibracte-Mont Beuvray (7km) :
Map of places to visit near Poil & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Poil
Canton: Luzy
Arrondissement: Château-Chinon(Ville)
Department: Nievre
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 58170
Distance to Poil
from Nevers: 71 km
from Paris: 256 km
from Calais: 482 km
from Nice: 431 km
from Bordeaux: 425 km
from Strasbourg: 335 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 Poil): La Comelle, Larochemillay, Millay and Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux.
Getting here
Nievre is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car or drive from a channel ferry port, operhaps Calais or Dunkirk at about 5 - 6 hours. For driving distances to Poil from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Poil