Poiroux travel guide
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Visit Poiroux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Poiroux is situated in the Vendee department (Pays-de-la-Loire region) in the west of France at 21 km from La Roche-sur-Yon, the department capital. (General information: Poiroux is 391 km from Paris and 553 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Sables d'Olonne at 19 km from Poiroux
Popular places to visit near Poiroux: these include Sables d'Olonne at 19 km and Ars-en-Re at 33 km.
Georges Clemenceau house is a listed 'national monument' at 10km and Jardins de Chaligny is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 31km. 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 Poiroux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Poiroux
See France This Way travel guides for Vendee and Pays-de-la-Loire (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Poiroux.
Note that all distances from Poiroux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Poiroux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Poiroux (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 Vendee 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 Poiroux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Chaligny (31km) : Jardins du Bâtiment (40km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (10km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Ars-en-Re (33km) : La Flotte-en-Re (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Poiroux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Poiroux
Canton: Talmont-Saint-Hilaire
Arrondissement: Sables-d'Olonne
Department: Vendee
Region: Pays-de-la-Loire
Postcode: 85440
Distance to Poiroux
from La Roche-sur-Yon: 21 km
from Paris: 391 km
from Calais: 553 km
from Nice: 757 km
from Bordeaux: 200 km
from Strasbourg: 734 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 2 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Poiroux): Avrille and Saint-Avaugourd-Des-Landes.
Getting here
Vendee is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive by car from a cross-channel ferry port - Saint Malo is convenient at around 3 hours drive. For driving distances to Poiroux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Poiroux