Pouant travel guide
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Visit Pouant: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pouant is situated in the Vienne department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 47 km from Poitiers, the department capital. (General information: Pouant is 257 km from Paris and 453 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau du Rivau at 11 km from Pouant
Popular places to visit near Pouant: these include Chateau du Rivau at 11 km and Chateau Chinon at 18 km.
Les jardins du château du Rivau is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Loudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 14km. 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 Pouant, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pouant
See France This Way travel guides for Vienne and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pouant.
Note that all distances from Pouant shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pouant holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pouant (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 Vienne 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 Pouant and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château du Rivau (10km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (32km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (41km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (44km) :
- National Monuments: Fontevraud Abbey (26km) : Oiron Chateau (27km) : Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (23km) : Candes-Saint-Martin (27km) : Montsoreau (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame de Fontevraud (Fontevraud Abbey) (26km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) (27km) : Eglise Abbatial de Saint Jouin (Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes) (28km) : Eglise de Saint Généroux (Saint-Generoux) (34km) : Eglise abbatiale de Saint Pierre (Airvault) (37km) : Eglise de Notre Dame la Grande (Poitiers) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Thouars (37km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chinon (20km) : Poitiers (48km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Loudun (14km) : Montreuil-Bellay (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Pouant & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pouant
Canton: Monts-sur-Guesnes
Arrondissement: Châtellerault
Department: Vienne
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 86200
Distance to Pouant
from Poitiers: 47 km
from Paris: 257 km
from Calais: 453 km
from Nice: 658 km
from Bordeaux: 250 km
from Strasbourg: 585 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pouant): Braye-sous-Faye, Ceaux-en-Loudun, Faye-la-Vineuse, Maulay, Nueil-sous-Faye and Richelieu.
Getting here
Vienne is in the west of France. Most visitors arrive here by car - the ferry ports such as Caen, Saint Malo and Cherbourg are convenient at around 4-5 hours drive. For driving distances to Pouant from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pouant