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Visit Rom: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rom is situated in the Deux-Sevres department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the western-centre of France at 45 km from Niort, the department capital. (General information: Rom is 331 km from Paris and 533 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Melle at 21 km from Rom
Popular places to visit near Rom: these include Melle at 21 km and Ruffec at 30 km.
Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km and Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) is a listed 'religious monument' at 20km. 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 Rom, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rom
See France This Way travel guides for and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rom.
Note that all distances from Rom shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rom holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rom (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 Rom and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Arboretum du chemin de la découverte (21km) : Laverré (24km) : Parc et jardin de l’Abrègement (31km) : Jardin monastique médiéval (40km) : La Guyonnière (42km) : Jardin du château de La Mothe (42km) :
- National Monuments: Sanxay (25km) : Abbey Saint-Sauveur de Charroux (27km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame (Lusignan) (16km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil) (20km) : Eglise de Saint Nicolas (Civray) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Hilaire (Melle) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Maurice (Saint-Maurice-la-Clouere) (24km) : Eglise de Genouillé (Genouille) (27km) : Abbaye Bénédictine (Charroux) (28km) : Eglise de Saint André (Ruffec) (30km) : Eglise d'Usson de Poitou (Usson-du-Poitou) (32km) : Abbaye de Nouaillé-Mauperthuis (Nouaille-Maupertuis) (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Poitiers (36km) : Parthenay (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Rom & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rom
Canton: Lezay
Arrondissement: Niort
Department: Deux-Sevres
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 79120
Distance to Rom
from Niort: 45 km
from Paris: 331 km
from Calais: 533 km
from Nice: 631 km
from Bordeaux: 170 km
from Strasbourg: 628 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 Rom): Couhe, Messe, Sainte-Soline and Vancais.
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 Rom from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rom