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Visit Raix: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Raix is situated in the Charente department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 39 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Raix is 359 km from Paris and 565 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ruffec at 7 km from Raix
Popular places to visit near Raix: these include Ruffec at 7 km and Tusson at 8 km.
Jardin monastique médiéval is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 8km and Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. 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 Raix, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Raix
See France This Way travel guides for Charente and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Raix.
Note that all distances from Raix shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Raix holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Raix (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 Charente 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 Raix and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin monastique médiéval (8km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (13km) : Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (32km) : Logis de Forge (49km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (28km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (8km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Jean-Baptiste (Coulgens) (25km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Chatain) (26km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (28km) : Eglise de Saint-Brice (Saint-Mande-sur-Bredoire) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Vivien (Bagnizeau) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Angouleme (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Confolens (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Raix & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Raix
Canton: Villefagnan
Arrondissement: Angoulême
Department: Charente
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 16240
Distance to Raix
from Angouleme: 39 km
from Paris: 359 km
from Calais: 565 km
from Nice: 619 km
from Bordeaux: 140 km
from Strasbourg: 643 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Raix): Bernac, Besse, Brettes, Charme, Courcome, Empure, La Chevrerie, La Faye, La Magdeleine, Salles-de-Villefagnan, Souvigne, Theil-Rabier, Tuzie, Villefagnan and Villiers-le-Roux.
Getting here
Charente is in the west of France. Most visitors to the region come by car with arrive here by car with the ferry ports at Saint Malo taking about 5 hours driving time. For driving distances to Raix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Raix